NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY
As with other ichnofossils, the study of the ichogenus Entobia Bronn, 1837, attributed to the activity of boring sponges, is useful to understand taphonomic processes and reconstruct paleoenvironments. Here we delineate a diverse Entobia assemblage from Sicily, the first described from this Mediter...
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As with other ichnofossils, the study of the ichogenus Entobia Bronn, 1837, attributed to the activity of boring sponges, is useful to understand taphonomic processes and reconstruct paleoenvironments. Here we delineate a diverse Entobia assemblage from Sicily, the first described from this Mediterranean island, based on the discovery of well-preserved natural casts. The studied association is represented by seven ichnotaxa, Entobia cateniformis, E. cateniformis form A, E. geometrica, E. laquea, E. ?megastoma, E. ovula, E. ?paradoxa, which come from the late Caenozoic sites of Altavilla Milicia and Sferracavallo, in north-western Sicily. Aragonitic bivalves, mostly veneroids, served as substrate for the boring organisms responsible of producing these ichnotaxa. Entobia was also found associated with natural casts of the boring Caulostrepsis taeniola, produced by polychaetes. Ichnology and shell-bed taphonomy indicates that investigated deposits formed in conditions of low rate of sedimentation; post depositional processes involved chemical conditions favorable to the preservation of calcite shells.
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| spelling | doaj.art-58585874de9b4b45b7b4ec8544cb08c42023-09-02T19:33:04ZengMilano University PressRivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia0035-68832039-49422022-02-01128110.54103/2039-4942/15175NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILYVittorio Garilli0ÁRPÁD DÁVID 1STEFANO DOMINICI2PaleoSofia - Research and Educational Service, Via Gagini 19, 90133 Palermo, Italy. Debrecen University, Department of Mineralogy and Geology, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1. Hungary.Università degli Studi di Firenze, Museo di Storia Naturale, Via La Pira 4, 50121 Firenze, Italy. As with other ichnofossils, the study of the ichogenus Entobia Bronn, 1837, attributed to the activity of boring sponges, is useful to understand taphonomic processes and reconstruct paleoenvironments. Here we delineate a diverse Entobia assemblage from Sicily, the first described from this Mediterranean island, based on the discovery of well-preserved natural casts. The studied association is represented by seven ichnotaxa, Entobia cateniformis, E. cateniformis form A, E. geometrica, E. laquea, E. ?megastoma, E. ovula, E. ?paradoxa, which come from the late Caenozoic sites of Altavilla Milicia and Sferracavallo, in north-western Sicily. Aragonitic bivalves, mostly veneroids, served as substrate for the boring organisms responsible of producing these ichnotaxa. Entobia was also found associated with natural casts of the boring Caulostrepsis taeniola, produced by polychaetes. Ichnology and shell-bed taphonomy indicates that investigated deposits formed in conditions of low rate of sedimentation; post depositional processes involved chemical conditions favorable to the preservation of calcite shells. https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/15175boring sponges; bioerosion; natural casts; taphonomy; shell bed; Mediterranean; late Caenozoic |
| spellingShingle | Vittorio Garilli ÁRPÁD DÁVID STEFANO DOMINICI NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia boring sponges; bioerosion; natural casts; taphonomy; shell bed; Mediterranean; late Caenozoic |
| title | NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY |
| title_full | NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY |
| title_fullStr | NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY |
| title_full_unstemmed | NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY |
| title_short | NATURAL CASTS OF <em>ENTOBIA</em> FROM THE LATE CAENOZOIC OF SICILY |
| title_sort | natural casts of em entobia em from the late caenozoic of sicily |
| topic | boring sponges; bioerosion; natural casts; taphonomy; shell bed; Mediterranean; late Caenozoic |
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