Abstract

GHILARDI, Renato Pirani; D'AGOSTA, Fernando César Paiva; ALVES, Kléber  and  CAMPOS, Antonio Celso de Arruda. Taphonomy of fossils mollusks of Bauru Group (Late Cretaceous, Bauru Basin), in Monte Alto municipality region, São Paulo, Brazil. Bol. Mus. Para. Emilio Goeldi Cienc. Nat. [online]. 2011, vol.6, n.2, pp.197-206. ISSN 1981-8114.

Bivalves mollusks fossils of Bauru Group (Late Cretaceous, Bauru Basin) deposited in scientific collections and collected in outcrops from Monte Alto municipality, São Paulo, are analyzed in their taphonomy. The preservation of recrystallized individual in carbonatic matrix indicates substrate remobilization by unidirectional energetic event in fluvial discharge. The specimens with conjugated valves possess internal sediment similar to the external indicating low exposition to Taphonomical Active Zone, suggesting a bioclastic low time-averaging. The truncate and fragmented posterior portion of specimens from scientific collections is probably related to the incapacity of the taxa to reburrowing the substrate in drowning periods. Both taphonomic patterns corroborate evidences of a fluvial paleoenvironment in the Bauru Group.

Keywords : Taphonomy; Fossil Bivalves; Marilia Formation; Late Cretaceous.

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