Bioerosive structures in orbitolinid foraminifera: examples from the Lower Cretaceous of Central Iran

Lower Cretaceous orbitolinid assemblages from Central Iran yield various bioerosional structures. The omnipresent traces of different boring taxa and groups (e.g., sponges, calcimicrobes, incertae sedis) represent a characteristic feature of the investigated thin-section material. The assemblage can...

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Main Authors: Felix Schlagintweit, Ioan I. Bucur, Koorosh Rashidi, Behnam Saberzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cluj University Press 2013-12-01
Series:Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai: Geologia
Online Access:http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/geologia/vol58/iss2/art1/