Schlagintweit et al., 2013

Author(s):Schlagintweit, F., Bucur. I. I., Rashidi, K., Saberzadeh
Year:2013
Title:Bioerosive structures in orbitolinid foraminifera: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of Central Iran
Volume:58
Number:2
Pages:5-12
Abstract

Lower Cretaceous orbitolinid assemblages from Central Iran yield various bioerosional structures. The omnipresent traces of different boring taxa and groups (e.g., sponges, calcimicrobes, incertae sedis) represent a characteristic feature of the investigated thin-section material. The assemblage can be attributed to the Entobia ichnofacies dominated by borings assigned to the activity of sponges. The boring galleries are often concentrated in a plane parallel to the test surface, along the boundary of the marginal and the central zone of the orbitolinid tests. The borings are observed in foraminiferan-dasycladalean wackestones to poorly washed-out packstones, which can be referred to a subtidal palaeoenvironment

Keywords:Bioerosion, Cretaceous, paleontoloogia, Trace fossils
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