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Turbulence, displacement, death and worms: a day in the life of a fluvial Carboniferous bivalve
Published: 2017-10-24
Subjects: Earth Sciences, Paleontology, Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Sedimentology
In the Pennsylvanian Rough Rock Flags and Rough Rock of northern England, trace fossils attributed to the non-marine bivalve Carbonicola are found. Carbonicola, recorded by Lockeia and associated trace fossils, lived a semi-infaunal lifestyle and thus were influenced by both the sediment in which they were hosted, and the currents which supplied their nutrients and oxygen. A number of [...]