Trace fossils from the Lower Jurassic Ciechocinek Formation, SW Poland

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Trace fossils from the Lower Jurassic Ciechocinek Formation, SW Poland

Journal Title: Volumina Jurassica - Year 2008, Vol 6, Issue 1

Abstract

Mud-silt deposits of the Lower Jurassic Ciechocinek Formation from the Częstochowa-Wieluń region arecharacterized by a low diversity ichnofossil association, which includes the ichnogenera [i]Planolites[/i], [i]Palaeophycus[/i], [i]Helminthopsis[/i], [i]Gyrochorte[/i], [i]Protovirgularia [/i]and [i]Spongeliomorpha [/i]as well as some unidentified pascichnia. This association points to deposition in a low-energy brackish environment with poorly oxygenated sediments. Changes of seafloor oxygenation, influenced by periodical bottom currents, resulted in various bioturbation intensities, which range from none to high.

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Paulina LEONOWICZ

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