Kiss of death of a hunting fish : trace fossil Osculichnus labialis igen. et isp. nov. from late Eocene - early Oligocene prodelta sediments of the Mezardere Formation, Thrace Basin, NW Turkey

• Autorzy: Demircan H. , Uchman A.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The trace fossil Osculichnus labialis igen. et isp. nov. occurs as hypichnial pairs of uneven bilobate mounds in early Oligocene prodelta sediments of the Thrace Basin. Osculichnus is generally elliptical or crescentic in outline and has two lip-like lobes: a smaller and a larger one, which are separated by an undulate furrow. Herein, it is interpreted as a hunting trace (praedichnion) of a fish penetrating a surficial sand layer and into an underlying mud horizon. The fish hunted for small endobenthic bivalves and perhaps other invertebrates such as polychaetes. Penetration into surficial mud rather than sand resulted in poorly preserved variants of this trace fossil, whose median furrow is commonly not visible. The probability of fish trace makers is supported by experiments.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Eocene; ichnology; ichnotaxonomy; New taxa; Oligocene @eng; Osculichnus labialis; Praedichnia; predation; Thrace Basin; Turkey

PL

drapieżnictwo; eocen; ichnologia; ichnotaksonomia; nowy takson; oligocen; Tracja; Turcja

• Wydawca: Faculty of Geology of the University of Warsaw ; Komitet Nauk Geologicznych PAN
• Czasopismo: Acta Geologica Polonica
• Rocznik: 2010
• Tom: Vol. 60, no. 1
• Strony: 29--38
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 37 poz.,Fot., rys., tab.,

Twórcy

autor

Demircan H.

autor

Uchman A.

• Museum of Natural History of the General Directorate of Mineral Research and Exploration in Ankara, Turkey,

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