Abstract The Meishan section, South China is the Global Stratotype Section and Point
(GSSP) for the Permian–Triassic boundary (PTB), and is also well known for the best record …

Early marine seafloor lithification of carbonate sediments leads to the formation of
hardgrounds and is known from rocks as old as the Proterozoic. Hardground surfaces …

Ichnology is the study of traces created in the substrate by living organisms. This is the first
book to systematically cover basic concepts and applications in both paleobiology and …

Macroborings are macroscopic trace fossils in hard substrates. They received little attention
from palaeontologists until a renaissance in their ichnotaxonomy and paleoecological …

Discontinuity surfaces are widely recognized but often poorly understood features of epeiric
carbonate settings. In sedimentary systems, these features often represent hiatus surfaces …

Abstract The Global Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE) was undoubtedly one of the
most significant evolutionary events in the history of the marine biosphere. A continuous …

The Ordovician Bioerosion Revolution was a dramatic diversification of macroboring
ichnotaxa during the Middle and Late Ordovician. This was also a time during which the …

The marine Pliocene at the locality of Nefiach (Roussillon Basin, SE France) includes
several shell beds constituted by oysters and scallops that bear a diverse and abundant …

Abstract Latest Precambrian to Early Palaeozoic biosphere evolution triggered changes in
early diagenesis and carbonate precipitation which fed back to biodiversity through …

A well preserved bioeroded surface occurs at the unconformity separating Cretaceous
limestones and Lower Miocene sediments, outcrop** on the western coast of the …