A new decapod trackway from the upper Cretaceous, James Ross Island, Antarctica

D. Pirrie; R. M. Feldmann; L. A. Buatois

doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00343.x

A new decapod trackway from the upper Cretaceous, James Ross Island, Antarctica

D. Pirrie^*, R. M. Feldmann, L. A. Buatois

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Abstract

A new trace fossil, Foersterichnus rossensis igen. nov. and isp. nov., is described from the Coniacian Hidden Lake Formation, James Ross Island, Antarctica. The trace fossil is a trackway comprising straight, or slightly curving, paired rows of elongate to tear-shaped impressions, parallel or slightly inclined to the long axis of the trackway. Foersterichnus is interpreted to be the trackway of a brachyuran decapod crustacean. It occurs in transgressive shallow marine deposits formed above the storm wave base in a shelf setting. Preservation of the trackway may have been linked to a rapid deoxygenation event during drowning that led to cessation of bioturbation allowing preservation of mixed layer trackways.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Palaeontology
Volume	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00343.x
Publication status	Published - Jan 2004

Keywords

trace fossils
decapods
Cretaceous
Antarctica
BASIN
PSILONICHNUS
STRATIGRAPHY
ICHNOFABRICS
ICHNOLOGY
EVOLUTION
PENINSULA
ALBERTA
SERIES
BAY

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A new decapod trackway from the upper Cretaceous, James Ross Island, Antarctica

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