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Geological Magazine; September 2000; v. 137; no. 5; p. 517-536
© 2000 Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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The shorebird ichnofacies: an example from the Miocene of southern Spain

PETER DOYLE*, JASON L. WOOD and GARETH T. GEORGE

School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Greenwich, Pembroke, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB, UK

* Author for correspondence: p.doyle{at}gre.ac.uk

The Late Miocene Sorbas Member of the Sorbas Basin, Almería Province, southeast Spain contains an extensive avian ichnofauna preserved in lagoonal marls. Three distinctive avian ichnotaxa can be identified: Antarctichnus fuenzalidae Covacevich and Lamperein, 1970; Iranipeda millumi n. ichnosp.; and Roepichnus grahami n. ichnogen, n. ichnosp. In common with many other Cenozoic avian ichnofaunas, these traces are associated with shorebirds, including plovers, storks, ducks and/or gulls, respectively. Associated mammalian tracks include possible cat and artiodactyl footprints. The avian tracks are abundant and show a range of behavioural aspects in common with other recorded examples of Cretaceous–Recent shorebird tracks. These include both solitary and group activities consistent with their postulated avian tracemakers.




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