Ooimmuration is here defined as a taphonomic process by which fossils are preserved within ooids. It is a form of lithoimmuration, although depending on the role of microbes in the formation of the ooid cortex, ooimmuration can also be considered a type of bioimmuration. Fossils enclosed within ooids are protected from bioerosion as well as the abrasion common in energetic depositional environments such as ooid shoals. Many taxa in some fossil assemblages may be known only because they were ooimmured. We describe as examples of ooimmuration fossils preserved in an oolite from the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian) Carmel Formation in southwestern Utah.
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29 October 2021
OOIMMURATION: ENHANCED FOSSIL PRESERVATION BY OOIDS, WITH EXAMPLES FROM THE MIDDLE JURASSIC OF SOUTHWESTERN UTAH, USA
Mark A. Wilson,
Anna M. Cooke,
Shelley A. Judge,
Timothy J. Palmer
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Vol. 36 • No. 10
October 2021
Vol. 36 • No. 10
October 2021