First Record of a True Mortichnium Produced by a Fish. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schweigert, Günter; Maxwell, Erin; Dietl, Gerd
• Is Part Of: Ichnos. Volume 23:Issue 1/2(2016)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 76
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Environment -- Germany -- Lithographic limestone -- Mortichnia -- Upper Jurassic; Ichnology -- Periodicals; Trace fossils -- Periodicals; 560.5
• DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2015.1126585
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1042-0940

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Among the numerous ichnofossils found in the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen-type Nusplingen Fossillagerstätte of southwestern Germany, there is a unique find of a fish associated with a trail, which must be interpreted as a mortichnium. Like similar cases of fatally injured crustaceans from the same locality, this fish mortichnium resulted from an unsuccessful attack on the fish by a predator and does not provide evidence for a hostile environment.