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NUCULOIDEAN TRACE FOSSILS IN THE SHALLOW MARINE MIOCENE OF THE VALLÈS-PENEDÈS BASIN (NE IBERIAN PENINSULA) Jordi M. de Gibert - Rosa Domènech
Ichnological record of bivalves What is ichnology? Ichnology studies the fossil record of organism activity (e.g. trace fossils) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Ichnological record of bivalves ,[object Object],[object Object],bioerosion structures ,[object Object],[object Object],Gastrochaenolites Teredolites Centrichnus eccentricus
Ichnological record of bivalves ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],bioturbation structures Miocene, Catalonia Jurassic, Utah
Ichnological record of bivalves bioturbation structures ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Ordovician, Lybia Jurassic, Utah
Ichnological record of bivalves ...AND MORE COMPLEX STRUCTURES bioturbation structures Lockeia Protovirgularia Lophoctenium Ekdale, A.A. & Bromley, R.G. 2001: A day and a night in the life of a cleft-foot clam:  Protovirgularia–Lockeia–Lophoctenium. Lethaia , Vol. 34, pp. 119–124. Pennsylvanian, Arkansas
Geological setting the Vallès-Penedès Basin
Geological setting the Vallès-Penedès Basin Bosc de Can Duran
Bosc de Can Duran, Gelida
Protovirgularia dichotoma Bosc de Can Duran, Gelida
Protovirgularia dichotoma Bosc de Can Duran, Gelida
associated trace fossils Bosc de Can Duran, Gelida  Scolicia  (heart urchin endogenic trails)    Unassigned trails
Can Bosch, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia
Can Bosch, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia Protovirgularia dichotoma
Can Bosch, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia Trace fossil assemblage Protovirgularia dichotoma   Cardioichnus planus Scolicia  isp. 
Can Cabanes, San Cugat
Can Cabanes, San Cugat Protovirgularia dichotoma Protovirgularia dichotoma  Ophiomorpha nodosa 
Tracemaker production mechanism Seilacher, A. & Seilacher E. 1994. Bivalvian trace fossils: a lesson from actuopaleontology.  Cour. Forsch.-Inst Senckenberg  169, 5-15. Polysiringian bivalves wedge foot Protobranchia, Arcacea and Scaphopoda cleft foot
Tracemaker Nuculoidea in the Vallès-Penedès Basin ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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