Abstract Analyses of sedimentology, ichnology and depositional environments Langhian–Tortonian siliciclastic deposits in the southern Tebessa Basin (eastern Algeria) have revealed a tidally dominated deltaic setting with high concentration vertical burrows. From south to north, two are here distinguished Basin: subaerial lower delta plain Oum Ali region trace fossils Ophiomorpha Skolithos linea...

Mammalian lineage is deep rooted in Mesozoic, with several taxa and ichnotaxa described worldwide. One of the most prolific mammaliaform ichnospecies Brasilichnium elusivum, which extremely abundant Lower Cretaceous Botucatu Formation Brazilian Paraná Basin, as well other Mesozoic ichnofaunas North America Africa. In this contribution, we revisited proposed southernmost occurrence B. elusivum u...

Abstract Although tortoises (Testudinidae) are a familiar clade of reptiles, with body fossil record extending to at least the Eocene, hitherto no tortoise ichnosites have been described. Here, number sites attributed trackmakers identified within Pleistocene aeolianites on South Africa's Cape south coast. These date from late Marine Isotope Stage 6 4. The findings indicate large trackmakers, e...

Abstract The Nasep and Huns members of the Urusis Formation (Nama Group), southern Namibia, preserve some most diverse trace-fossil assemblages known from latest Ediacaran worldwide, including potentially world's oldest “complex” vertical sediment-penetrating burrows. These sediments record relatively communities bilaterian metazoans existing before base Cambrian an increase in intensity metazo...