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Trace fossils from Lower Miocene (Ottnangian) molasse deposits of Upper Austria

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Die untermiozänen siliziklastischen Sedimente der Vöckla Schichten und Atzbacher Sande in Oberösterreich enthalten eine flachmarine Spuren-Vergesellschaftung der Cruziana-Ichnofazies mitSkolithos isp.,Planolites ? beverleyensis, Ophiomorpha annulata, O.nodosa, Rosselia socialis, Cylindrichnus concentricus, Scolicia isp. undBichordites monastiriensis. Die SpurengattungRosselia und die SpurenartRosselia socialis werden revidiert. Die Analyse vonScolicia isp. undB. monastiriensis führte zu neuen Informationen über Morphologie und Taxonomie dieser Formen.

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Lower Miocene siliciclastic sediments of the Vöckla Schichten and Atzbacher Sande, Austria, contain a shallow-water trace-fossil assemblage of the Cruziana ichnofacies includingSkolithos isp.,Planolites ? beverleyensis, Ophiomorpha annulata, O.nodosa, Rosselia socialis, Cylindrichnus concentricus, Scolicia isp., andBichordites monastiriensis. The ichnogenusRosselia and the ichnospeciesRosselia socialis are revised. Analysis ofScolicia isp. andB. monastiriensis provides new information about their morphology and ichnotaxonomy.

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Uchman, A., Krenmayr, H.G. Trace fossils from Lower Miocene (Ottnangian) molasse deposits of Upper Austria. Paläontol. Z. 69, 503–524 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987810

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