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Título: | Gyrochorte “highways” and their environmental significance in shallowmarine sediments. |
Autor(es): | Wetzel, Andreas Carmona, Noelia Beatriz Ponce, Juan José |
Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
Editorial: | Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii |
Citación: | Wetzel, Andreas., Carmona, Noelia B. y Ponce, Juan J. (2020). Gyrochorte “highways” and their environmental significance in shallowmarine sediments. Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Paleobiologii; Acta Palaeontologica Polonica; 65 (1); 209-218 |
Revista: | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |
Abstract: | The reworking of a trace by a subsequently following organism represents a so-called sequorichnial behavior and leads to formation of a “burrowing highway”. Burrowing highways occur more frequently than assumed in the fossil record. Their ichnological and sedimentological meaning is elucidated by using the trace fossil Gyrochorte. Gyrochorte producers exploiting sandy event beds tend to use “burrowing highways” in the same direction. Evidently, the Gyrochorte producers are thigmotactically highly sensitive as they can recognize a burrow produced by the same species because of the less densely packed grains, a somewhat increased mud content, and supposedly mucus segregated within the burrow. These changes make the reworking of pre-existing burrows energetically advantageous. However, in shallow-marine settings mucus is degraded rapidly and loose sediment consolidates in a short while. Therefore, the time to recognize a pre-existing burrow appears to be limited and a rather high number of organisms is a prerequisite for reutilization of a previous trace. “Burrow highways” potentially represent an additional criterion to characterize an opportunistic population strategy |
Resumen: | The reworking of a trace by a subsequently following organism represents a so-called sequorichnial behavior and leads to formation of a “burrowing highway”. Burrowing highways occur more frequently than assumed in the fossil record. Their ichnological and sedimentological meaning is elucidated by using the trace fossil Gyrochorte. Gyrochorte producers exploiting sandy event beds tend to use “burrowing highways” in the same direction. Evidently, the Gyrochorte producers are thigmotactically highly sensitive as they can recognize a burrow produced by the same species because of the less densely packed grains, a somewhat increased mud content, and supposedly mucus segregated within the burrow. These changes make the reworking of pre-existing burrows energetically advantageous. However, in shallow-marine settings mucus is degraded rapidly and loose sediment consolidates in a short while. Therefore, the time to recognize a pre-existing burrow appears to be limited and a rather high number of organisms is a prerequisite for reutilization of a previous trace. “Burrow highways” potentially represent an additional criterion to characterize an opportunistic population strategy |
URI: | http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app006552019.html https://rid.unrn.edu.ar/jspui/handle/20.500.12049/4580 |
Identificador DOI: | https://doi.org/10.4202/app.00655.2019 |
ISSN: | 0567-7920 1732-2421 |
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