Occurrence of the Lower Cambrian anemone-style trace fossils in the Zabuk Formation (Mardin-Derik, SE Turkey)

Hosgor I., YILMAZ İ. Ö.

COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL, vol.17, no.8, pp.495-503, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 17 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2018
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.crpv.2018.02.004
  • Journal Name: COMPTES RENDUS PALEVOL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.495-503
  • Keywords: SE Turkey, Gondwana, Lower Cambrian, Palaeoenvironment, Trace fossils, Bergaueria, BIKANER-NAGAUR BASIN, EARLY EVOLUTION, ORDOVICIAN, ICHNOTAXONOMY, ICHNOFOSSILS, SUCCESSIONS, TRANSITION, BERGAUERIA, MOUNTAINS, ICHNOLOGY
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The Zabuk Formation of the Derik Group exposed over much of south-eastern Turkey presents a succession composed of shallow marine and fluvial siliciclastic sedimentary rocks. The Lower Cambrian assemblages containing abundant anemone-style trace fossils are known from most major palaeocontinents such as Laurentia, Baltica, and Gondwana. These have possible affinities with semi-infaunal dwelling anemones on siliciclastic midlatitude shelves of West Gondwana in early Fortunian deposits. Among them is Bergaueria, characterized by plug-shaped burrows as exemplified by Bergaueria perata, that is, a characteristic trace fossil of the Cambrian globally. (C) 2018 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.