期刊
ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
卷 6, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172074
关键词
ichnology; exceptional fossil preservation; Cambrian; palaeobiology; palaeoecology; taphonomy
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) [311726-15]
- NSERC [341944]
The association of trace fossils and non-biomineralized carapaces has been reported from Cambrian Lagerstatten worldwide, but the abundance, ichnodiversity, taphonomy and ecological significance of such associations have yet to be fully investigated. Two main end-member hypotheses are explored based on the study of a relatively wide variety of trace fossils preserved associated to Tuzoia carapaces from the middle Cambrian Burgess Shale in British Columbia. In the ecological Tuzoia garden hypothesis, the bacterially enriched surface of carapaces provides opportunities for intricate ecologic interactions among trophic levels. In the taphonomic shielding hypothesis, the trace fossil-carapace association results from preferential preservation of traces as controlled by compaction independent of any association in life. In an attempt to better understand the role of the carapace as a medium for preservation of trace fossils and to evaluate the effects of mechanical stress related to burial, a numerical model was developed. Results indicate that the carapace can shield underlying sediment from mechanical stress for a finite time, differentially protecting trace fossils during the initial phase of burial and compaction. However, this taphonomic model alone fails to fully explain relatively high-density assemblages displaying a diversity of structures spatially confined within the perimeter of carapaces or branching patterns recording re-visitation.
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