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Augerinoichnus Helicoidalis, a new helical trace fossil from the nonmarine Permian of New Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Nicholas J. Minter ,
Spencer G. Lucas ,
Allan J. Lerner  and
Simon J. Braddy
Nicholas J. Minter
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK,
Spencer G. Lucas
Affiliation:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
Allan J. Lerner
Affiliation:
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87104
Simon J. Braddy
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK,
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New Mexico contains a significant record of trace fossil assemblages, in terms of both abundance and ichnodiversity, from Lower Permian nonmarine depositional settings. Most notable amongst these are the trace fossil assemblages in the Robledo Mountains Formation of the Robledo Mountains in Doña Ana County, southern New Mexico, as recognized by the recent proposal to designate this area as a national monument. These trace fossil assemblages formed on a tidal flat under largely non-marine conditions (Mack and James, 1986; Hunt et al., 1993; Lucas et al., 1995a, 1998) and are dominated by the trackways of tetrapods and arthropods, yielding important information on the paleoecology, diversity and behavior of late Paleozoic arthropods (Braddy and Briggs, 2002; Minter and Braddy, 2006a), as well as evidence of specialized foraging strategies (Minter et al., 2006). Additional Lower Permian trace fossil assemblages occur at a number of localities in New Mexico and represent a variety of nonmarine depositional settings.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 82 , Issue 6 , November 2008 , pp. 1201 - 1206
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society

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