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Bioerosão sobre Megacardita jouanneti (Bivalvia) do Miocénico da Foz do Rego (Costa de Caparica, Portugal)

Authors: Pereira, Sofia Raquel Cardoso;

Bioerosão sobre Megacardita jouanneti (Bivalvia) do Miocénico da Foz do Rego (Costa de Caparica, Portugal)

Abstract

A Arriba Fóssil da Costa de Caparica encerra todo um interesse geológico alvo de inúmeros estudos de índole paleontológica (macro e micropaleontologia), biostratigráfica, estrutural, sedimentológica, entre outros. A icnologia é uma área em expansão nos últimos anos, na qual se inserem os estudos de bioerosão, nunca efectuados sobre o conteúdo paleontológico da referida arriba. O presente trabalho incide no estudo de estruturas de bioerosão sobre valvas de Megacardita jouanneti do Miocénico da jazida da Foz do Rego, Costa de Caparica (Portugal), num total de 18 icnotaxa de categoria específica distintos. A par da considerável icnodiversidade presente, a percentagem de valvas bioerosionadas, também, extremamente elevada (99%). A estrutura bioerosiva predominante é Umbichnus inopinatus, seguindo-se estruturas relacionadas com a actividade perfurante de organismos não predadores, nomeadamente anelídeos poliquetas (Caulostrepsis – Meandropolydora), talófitas (Semidendrina) e briozoários ctenostomados (Pinaceocladiochnus – Pennatichnus). A distribuição espacial das estruturas de bioerosão permitiu concluir que há um claro predomínio de valvas colonizadas numa fase post-mortem do organismo anfitrião, principalmente após exumação e exposição dos restos corpóreos desse organismo sobre o substrato por períodos de tempo consideráveis, em detrimento dos exemplares que apresentam estruturas produzidas em vida ou imediatamente post-mortem.

The fossil cliff of Costa de Caparica (Arriba Fóssil da Costa de Caparica) is very interesting from geological point of view. Several paleontological, biostratigraphical, structural, sedimentological, and other studies have been conducted in this area. In Portugal paleoichnology has seen several interesting developments in the last decade. Nonetheless, paleoichnological studies have never been performed on material originating from Arriba Fóssil da Costa de Caparica. This work focuses on the study of bioerosion structures associated with Megacardita jouanneti shells from the Miocene of Foz do Rego, Costa de Caparica (Portugal), revealing 18 different specific icnotaxa. Besides the considerable ichnodiversity, the percentage of bioeroded shells in the analysed samples is extremely high (99%). The dominant bioerosion structure is Umbichnus inopinatus, followed by structures linked to the boring activity of non-predatory organisms, including annelid borings (Caulostrepsis and Meandropolydora), algal microborings (Semidendrina - form) and ctenostome bryozoans (Pinaceocladiochnus and Pennatichnus). Spatial distribution analysis of bioerosion structures show that there is clear predominance of shells affected after the death of the host organism. The bioerosion infestation occurs mainly after exhumation and exposure of the skeletal remains above the sediment water interface.

Relatório de projecto no âmbito de Bolsa Universidade de Lisboa/Fundação Amadeu Dias (2008/2009)

Universidade de Lisboa. Faculdade de Ciências. Departamento de Geologia

Universidade de Lisboa; Fundação Amadeu Dias

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Portugal
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Keywords

Foz do Rego (Costa de Caparica, Portugal), Bioerosão, Geologia

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