International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

A LUCINOID BIVALVE TRACE FOSSIL SARONICHNUS ABELI IGEN. ET ISP. NOV. FROM THE MIOCENE MOLASSE DEPOSITS OF LOWER AUSTRIA, AND ITS ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE

Published: Apr 2004

Pages: 111 - 115

Authors: PETER PERVESLER, MARTIN ZUSCHIN

Abstract: A new ichnogenus and ichnospecies Saronichnus abeli is described for a protrusive trace fossil produced by the lucinoid bivalve Thyasira michelottii from storm-dominated siliciclastics of the Miocene (Lower Badenian) Grund Formation. A chemosymbiotic life strategy under dysaerobic conditions is proposed for this bivalve. The trace fossil expresses an adaptation to oxygen-poor habitats.

Keywords: Miocene, Austria, chemosymbiosis, molasse, trace fossils, Thyasira

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Volume 55 no. 2 / April 2004

Volume 55 no. 2