TABLE 17.2 Seleeted Occurronecs of Flimal ichnofaunas. Only Papers that Combined Ichnotaxonomic Descriptions and Sedimentologic Data are lncluded. Ichnotiuconomic Assignroents Wero Reviscd Where Nccessary. Occurrences Include Individual Ichnocoenosis, Tracę Fossil Assemblages and
Tracę Fossil Associations (i.e., Recurring Assemblages)
A*e |
Stratigr.tphic Unit & Location |
Ichnotaxonomic Composition |
Depositional Subenvironment |
Type of FluviaJ System |
References |
Sihirian |
Gum Bank Formation (Newfoundland, Canada) |
Diplichiiites isp. |
Sheet flood & abandoned channel |
Ephemeral |
Wright et al. (1995) |
?Late Silunan |
Tumblagooda Sandstone (Australia) |
?Planolites isp., Didymauliponomos cf.ro-wci, Selenichnites lan-gridgei, Rusophycus rex |
Abandoned channels |
Braided |
Trewin & McNamara (1995) |
'Lale Sih.iri.in |
Tumblagooda Sandstone (Australia) |
Diplichiiites gouldi, IPaleohelcura antarcti-cuin, IProtichnites isp., ?Diplopodiclmus biforinis, Beaconites cf.anlarcticiis, Skolithos isp. |
Ponds |
Braided |
Trewin & McNamara (1995) |
?Iate Siluran-Devonian |
Mt Daubeny Formation (Australia) |
Cruziam isp., Didyimulichiws lyelli, Diplichiiites gouldi, Diplopodichnus biforinis, Merostomichnites strandi, Paliiuchniiim antarticum, Planolites isp., Rusophycus isp. |
Distal alluvial fans & ponds |
Ephemeral |
Neef (2004a) |
Dnwua |
Ravendale Formation (Australia) |
Diplichiiites gouldi, IStiaria quadripedia |
Sheet flood |
Ephemeral |
Neef (2004b) |
Dtmmam |
Wood Bay Formation (NW Spitsbergen, Svalbard) |
Simlbardichnus trilobus, Cruziana polaris, Merostomichnites isp., Siskemia cf. elegans, Taenidium barretti, Planolites isp. |
Point bar & levee |
Meandering |
Wisshak et al. (2004b) |
Dmniao |
Upper Eday Sandstone (Scotland) |
Cornulatichnus edayensis |
Flooplain |
Meandering |
Carroll & Trewin (1995) |
Devooian |
Red Marł Group (Wales) |
Beaconites antarcticus, Taenidium barretti, cf. Striatichnium |
Abandoned channel & point bar |
Meandering |
Allen & Williams (1981); Morrissey & Braddy (2004) |
Devontan |
Red Marł Group (Wales) |
Diplichiiites gouldi |
Sand bar |
Braided |
Smith et al. (2003) |
Devonun Dfranian |
Milford Haven Group (Wales) Miliord H*ven Group (Wales) |
Taenidium barretti |
Abandoned channel & point bar |
Meandering Meandering |
Morrissey & Braddy (2004 Morrissey Sc Braddy (2004) |
17. INYERTEBRATE ICHNOLOGY OF CONTINENTAL FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS