Open AccessTaxonomy of trace fossils from the shallow marine Lower Jurassic Neill Klinter Formation, East Greenland
Author(s) -
Gregers Dam
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
bulletin of the geological society of denmark
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.674
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2245-7070
pISSN - 0011-6297
DOI - 10.37570/bgsd-1990-38-12
Subject(s) - trace fossil , paleontology , geology , trophic level , ichnology , trace (psycholinguistics) , oceanography , philosophy , linguistics
Trace fossils are common in the shallow marine sandstones of the Lower Jurassic Neill Klinter Formation, East Greenland. Thirtyfour ichnospecies (4 new) are referred to 29 ichnogenera (1 new). Tue new forms are J amesonichnites heinbergi ( n. igen., n. isp.); Parahaentzschelinia sur ly ki ( n.isp.), Ph ycodes Auduni ( n. isp.) and Phycodes brom/eyi (n. isp.). Where possible each ichnogenus is interpreted in the light of its trophic and ethological properties and related to a particular group of organisms.