Carboniferous records of the Zoophycos group of trace fossils from England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the North Sea

摘要: The Zoophycos group of trace fossils is common in Carboniferous to recent marine strata and sediments, a component ichnofaunas the Visean Namurian stages England Wales. A review new published records indicates that it often present limestones sandstones Chadian Arnsbergian age. Thereafter less common, restricted clastic rocks. There are no known within above lowest Westphalian. form most abundant Yoredale facies upper lower northern England, particularly so Northumberland. Where detailed sedimentological data exist, they indicate organisms responsible for burrowed into unconsolidated carbonate substrate was deposited under low accumulation rates, affected by storm wave action where seawater flow provided nutrient supply. However, mixed carbonate–clastic settings, deep-tier nature may organism lived overlying shallow-marine, clastic-dominated depositional environments down substrate. same be true siliciclastic settings presence some reflect palaeoenvironment overlying, finer-grained transgressive (prodelta distal mouth bar) deposits. Supplementary material: spreadsheet with details from Wales, Isle Man North Sea available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4994636