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- Title
Palaeoecological Analysis of Trace Fossil Sinusichnus sinuosus from the Middle Triassic Guanling Formationin Southwestern China.
- Authors
Luo, Mao; Gong, Yi-Ming; Shi, G. R.; Chen, Zhong-Qiang; Huang, Jinyuan; Hu, Shixue; Feng, Xueqian; Zhang, Qiyue; Zhou, Changyong; Wen, Wen
- Abstract
The Luoping Biota discovered from the early Middle Triassic (Anisian) Guanling Formation of southwestern China represents a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem, marking the end point of Early Triassic biotic recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction. Contemporaneously preserved are prolific trace fossils, which offer good opportunities to understand the palaeoecology of marine invertebrates from a fully recovered shallow marine ecosystem. Here we present a newly discovered sinuous branching burrow from the fossil-bearing unit in Member II of the Guanling Formation. Several features, including the horizontal regular sinuous nature, the branching pattern, typical H-junction, and the small wavelength/amplitude ratio of these sinuous structures within the burrow systems justify assignment of these traces as Sinusichnus sinuosus, a trace possibly produced by decapod crustaceans. Close association of S. sinuosus with Rhizocorallium commune suggests a deposit-feeding strategy of these trace makers. The newly reported Anisian material from the Guanling Formation in Luoping represents first report of Sinusichnus from South China. The global record of Sinusichnus occurrence suggests that these burrows might have an older history than Early Middle Triassic.
- Subjects
CHINA; PALEOECOLOGY; TRACE fossils; TRIASSIC paleontology; DECAPODA; FOSSIL crustaceans
- Publication
Journal of Earth Science, 2018, Vol 29, Issue 4, p854
- ISSN
1674-487X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12583-018-0794-4