Taphonomy of ammonites from the Santonian-lower Campanian Santa Marta Formation, Antarctica: sedimentological controls on vertically embedded ammonites

• Published in: PALAIOS
• Main Author: Olivero, Eduardo Bernardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Sedimentary Geology
• Subjects: Antarctica; Upper Cretaceous; Ammonites; Taphonomy; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Olivero; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/156233

Different morphotypes of vertically embedded ammonoid shells are abundant in the 1-km-thick deposits of the Santa Marta Formation, Antarctica, that record the evolution of a deep-water delta system. Vertical shells deposited in water depths well below the theoretical limit imposed by hydrodynamic an...