Middle Jurassic trace fossils from the Ridang Formation in Sajia County, South Tibet, and their palaeoenvironmental significance

• Published in: Facies Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 45 - 60
• Main Authors: Zhang, Xionghua, Shi, G. R., Gong, Yiming
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.02.2008; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biogeosciences; Continental slope; Deep sea; Deep water; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Ecology; Fossils; Geochemistry; Jurassic; Mineralogy; Nereites; Original Article; Paleoecology; Paleontology; Sedimentary geology; Sedimentology; Slope environments; Spatial distribution; Trace fossils; China, People's Rep., Xizang; North America; Europe; Ichnology; South Tibet; Flysch trace fossils; Middle Jurassic; Sajia County

An ichnofauna consisting of 18 ichnospecies (one of them new) in 14 ichnogenera are described for the first time from the Middle Jurassic Ridang Formation in Sajia County, South Tibet. The ichnofauna can be subdivided into two ichnoassemblages in ascending stratigraphic order: the Palaeophycus–Megag...