The trace fossil Lepidenteron lewesiensis (Mantell, 1822) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Poland
Jurkowska, A.; Uchman, A. (2013). The trace fossil Lepidenteron lewesiensis (Mantell, 1822) from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Poland. Acta Geol. Pol. 63(4): 611-623. https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/agp-2013-0026
In: Acta Geologica Polonica. Muzeum Ziemi: Warszawa. ISSN 0001-5709; e-ISSN 2300-1887, more
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| Keywords |
Terebella Linnaeus, 1767 [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Ichnofossils; Bioturbation; Terebella; Upper Cretaceous; Miechow Upland |
| Abstract |
Lepidenteron lewesiensis (Mantell, 1822) is an unbranched trace fossil lined with small fish scales and bones, without a constructed wall. It is characteristic of the Upper Cretaceous epicontinental, mostly marly sediments in Europe. In the Miechow Segment of the Szczecin-Miechow Synclinorium in southern Poland, it occurs in the Upper Campanian-Lower Maastrichtian deeper shelf sediments, which were deposited below wave base and are characterized by total bioturbation and a trace fossil assemblage comprising Planolites, Palaeophycus, Thalassinoides , Trichichnus, Phycosiphon, Zoophycos and Helicodromites that is typical of the transition from the distal Cruziana to the Zoophycos ichnofacies. L. lewesiensis was produced by a burrowing predator or scavenger of fishes. The tracemaker candidates could be eunicid polychaetes or anguillid fishes. |
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