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Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota
The taphonomic mechanisms of a mono- to pauci-specific ammonoid fauna comprising 3565 specimens from the lower Carnian Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte near Lunz am See (Northern Calcareous Alps, Lower Austria) is described. The fossiliferous layers were deposited during the Julian 2 Ib (Austrotrachyc...
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description | The taphonomic mechanisms of a mono- to pauci-specific ammonoid fauna comprising 3565 specimens from the lower Carnian Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte near Lunz am See (Northern Calcareous Alps, Lower Austria) is described. The fossiliferous layers were deposited during the Julian 2 Ib (Austrotrachyceras austriacum Zone, Austrotrachyceras minor biohorizon). The deposits comprise abundant nektic ammonoids of the trachyceratid genus Austrotrachyceras. The bivalve Halobia, dominant among the invertebrates, is followed in abundance by the ammonoids Austrotrachyceras and Paratrachyceras, the coleoid Phragmoteuthis and frequent vertebrate actinopterygian fish. The monotonous ammonoid assemblage comprises abundant Austrotrachyceras, frequent Paratrachyceras, rare Carnites and Simonyceras. Recently collected ammonoids were sampled bed-by-bed and compared to extensive historical collections from the same localities. Bromalites (coprolites and regurgitalites) produced by large durophagous fish comprise ammonoid and fish masses and accompany the ammonoid-dominated Polzberg palaeobiota. The ammonoid fauna here presents a window into the nektic cephalopod world of the Upper Triassic assemblage and palaeoenvironment during the deposition of the fossiliferous layers. The frequent occurrence of the vertically oriented (external side horizontal to bedding plane) ammonoid shell fragments hint at a deposition after lethal fish or coleoid attacks. The Polzberg ammonoids were deposited under calm and dysoxic conditions in fine-laminated marlstones and shales of the lower Carnian Polzberg Sub-Basin within the Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte. |
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spelling | pubmed-90768722022-05-08 Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota Lukeneder, Alexander Lukeneder, Petra Sci Rep Article The taphonomic mechanisms of a mono- to pauci-specific ammonoid fauna comprising 3565 specimens from the lower Carnian Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte near Lunz am See (Northern Calcareous Alps, Lower Austria) is described. The fossiliferous layers were deposited during the Julian 2 Ib (Austrotrachyceras austriacum Zone, Austrotrachyceras minor biohorizon). The deposits comprise abundant nektic ammonoids of the trachyceratid genus Austrotrachyceras. The bivalve Halobia, dominant among the invertebrates, is followed in abundance by the ammonoids Austrotrachyceras and Paratrachyceras, the coleoid Phragmoteuthis and frequent vertebrate actinopterygian fish. The monotonous ammonoid assemblage comprises abundant Austrotrachyceras, frequent Paratrachyceras, rare Carnites and Simonyceras. Recently collected ammonoids were sampled bed-by-bed and compared to extensive historical collections from the same localities. Bromalites (coprolites and regurgitalites) produced by large durophagous fish comprise ammonoid and fish masses and accompany the ammonoid-dominated Polzberg palaeobiota. The ammonoid fauna here presents a window into the nektic cephalopod world of the Upper Triassic assemblage and palaeoenvironment during the deposition of the fossiliferous layers. The frequent occurrence of the vertically oriented (external side horizontal to bedding plane) ammonoid shell fragments hint at a deposition after lethal fish or coleoid attacks. The Polzberg ammonoids were deposited under calm and dysoxic conditions in fine-laminated marlstones and shales of the lower Carnian Polzberg Sub-Basin within the Polzberg Konservat-Lagerstätte. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9076872/ /pubmed/35523835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11496-y Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Lukeneder, Alexander Lukeneder, Petra Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota |
title | Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota |
title_full | Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota |
title_fullStr | Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota |
title_full_unstemmed | Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota |
title_short | Taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the Upper Triassic Polzberg palaeobiota |
title_sort | taphonomic history and trophic interactions of an ammonoid fauna from the upper triassic polzberg palaeobiota |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9076872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35523835 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11496-y |
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