Abstract:
The abundant and diverse bathyal to abyssal trace fossils were discovered for the first time from the Late Triassic Zhuwo,Formation in Maladun,Songpan,Sichuan.According to the relative abundances of the trace fossils in different stratigraphic horizons,two trace fossil assemblages have been established in the present paper.They are the
Megagrapton-Arthrophycus ichnoassemblage and
Neonereites-Phycosiphon ichnoassemblage,both of which are roughly analogous to
Nereites ichnofacies of Seilacher (1967).Moreover the Zhuwo Formation is also interpreted as having been deposited in the sedimentary environments from lower foreslope to basin margin in terms of trace fossils and sedinmentary characteristics.