A new ichnotaxon, Paradictyodora antarctica, is proposed for complex spreite trace fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of Antarctica and Eocene of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. This complex, three-dimensional, vertical spreite structure enlarges upwards, displaying a prismatic-to-conical shape that consists of subvertical folded laminae, produced by the lateral migration of a subvertical J-shaped tube anchored at its base. Overall morphology and mode of formation distinguishes this new ichnotaxa from other ichnogenera such as Daedalus, Dictyodora, and Heimdallia. Paradictyodora occurs in fodinichnia-dominated ichnocoenosis developed in distal fine-grained deposits of deepwater fan delta systems.
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1 July 2004
PARADICTYODORA ANTARCTICA: A NEW COMPLEX VERTICAL SPREITE TRACE FOSSIL FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE OF ANTARCTICA AND TIERRA DEL FUEGO, ARGENTINA
EDUARDO B. OLIVERO,
LUIS A. BUATOIS,
ROBERTO A. SCASSO
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Journal of Paleontology
Vol. 78 • No. 4
July 2004
Vol. 78 • No. 4
July 2004