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Mikael Calner

Professor

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Palynostratigraphy of dinosaur footprint-bearing deposits from the Triassic-Jurassic boundary interval of Sweden

Författare

  • Vivi Vajda
  • Mikael Calner
  • Anders Ahlberg

Summary, in English

The Triassic-Jurassic boundary (c. 200Ma) marks one of the five largest Phanerozoic mass extinction events and is characterized by a major turnover in biotas. A palynological study of sedimentary rock slabs bearing dinosaur footprints from Rhaeto-Hettangian strata of Skane, Sweden was carried out. The theropod dinosaur footprints (Kayentapus soltykovensis) derive from the southern part of the abandoned Vallakra quarry (Hoganas Formation) and were originally dated as earliest Jurassic (Hettangian) based on lithostratigraphy. Our results reveal that two of the footprints are correlative with the latest Triassic (latest Rhaetian) disaster zone typified by a high abundance of the enigmatic gymnosperm pollen Ricciisporites tuberculatus and Perinopollenites elatoides together with the key taxon Limbosporites lundbladii and fern spores. Two footprints are dated to correlate with the Transitional Spore-spike Interval. One footprint is interpreted as Hettangian in age based on the relatively high abundance of Pinuspollenites spp. together with the presence of the key taxa Retitriletes semimuris and Zebrasporites intercriptus. Our new palynological study suggests that the Kayentapus ichnogenus already appeared in the end of Triassic, and our study highlights the use of palynology as a powerful tool to date historical collections of fossils in museums, universities and elsewhere. The Hettangian footprint reflects a marine influence while all other studied ichnofossil specimens occur in non-marine (floodplain and delta interdistributary) sediments. The sediments associated with the Hettangian footprint include a significant proportion of charcoal transported from land after wildfires. The Rhaeto-Hettangian vegetation was otherwise characterized by multi-storey gymnosperm-pteridophyte communities.

Avdelning/ar

  • Berggrundsgeologi

Publiceringsår

2013

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

120-130

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

GFF

Volym

135

Issue

1

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Geology
  • Pedagogy

Nyckelord

  • Triassic-Jurassic
  • dinosaur footprints
  • ecological crisis
  • palynology
  • Sweden

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 2000-0863