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Fig. 8. Intensely bioturbated sandstones in the Smørbukk field. Scale bar (right side of the core photos) is 10 cm long.
Reddish bioturbated sandstone (Facies 6.1): (A) Intensely bioturbated (BI 5), homogeneous, reddish fine-grained to
medium-grained sandstone showing dispersed sub-angular calcite grains (white arrows). Trace fossils include Diplocraterion
( D ), Rosselia ( Ro ) and rare Planolites ( P ); (B) Completely bioturbated (BI 5-6) fine-grained sandstone showing elements of
the Skolithos and Cruziana ichnofacies: the assemblage consists of Diplocraterion ( D ), Cylindrichnus ( Cy ), Thalassinoides
( Th ), Teichichnus ( Te ) and Palaeophycus ( Pa ). Disturbed sandstone (Facies 6.2): (C) Fine-grained to medium-grained sand-
stone showing large-scale Diplocraterion ( D ); (D) Fine-grained disturbed sandstone showing multiple U-shaped
Diplocraterion ( D ) burrows cross-cutting each other. Disturbed heterolithics (Facies 6.3): (E) Mudstone-dominated dis-
turbed heterolithics, showing syneresis cracks (sy) and abundant bioturbation (BI 5) mainly composed of Chondrites ( Ch ),
Planolites ( P ), Palaeophycus ( Pa ), Teichichnus ( Te ) and rare Thalassinoides ( Th ); (F) Mixed sandstone/mudstone hetero-
lithics showing abundant and diverse bioturbation composed of Palaeophycus ( Pa ), Diplocraterion ( D ), Thalassinoides
( Th ), Cylindrichnus ( Cy ), Rosselia ( Ro ) and rare Phoebichnus ( Po ). Light grey homogenised sandstone (Facies 6.4): (G) Very
fine-grained sandstone showing complete bioturbation (BI 6); overlapping trace fossils consist mainly of Thalassinoides
( Th ), Diplocraterion ( D ), Cylindrichnus ( Cy ) and Skolithos ( Sk ). Rooted sandstone (Facies 6.5): (I) Very fine-grained sand-
stone showing plant roots (rt) with bifurcated ending and 'mottled' aspect of the lower intervals; (J) Intensely bioturbated
silty sandstone showing small plant roots (rt) and Skolithos ( Sk ).
recognisable sedimentary structures (parallel
lamination, syneresis cracks and ripple cross-
lamination) occurring in subfacies 6.3 suggest
an  association with the mixed sandstone: mud-
stone wavy-bedded current-dominated deposits
(Facies  5.2.2) and the lenticularly-bedded
current-dominated heterolithics (Facies 5.3.2).
The preserved sedimentary structures suggest
relatively slow currents. The trace-fossil
suite  ( Planolites, Palaeophycus, Chondrites ,
Rhyzocoralium , Dip locraterion , Cylindrichnus ,
Rosselia , Teichichnus and rare Thalassinoides
and Phoebichnus ) suggest shallow to mid-tier
deposit-feeding and suspension-feeding com-
munities in a moderate-energy setting that was
subjected to temporal changes in salinity, sedi-
mentation rates/turbidity and oxygenation.
Subfacies 6.4: Light grey homogenised sandstone
The very fine to fine-grained light grey sand-
stone (up to 30 cm thick) that comprise this subfa-
cies shows abundant to complete bioturbation
by  a high-diversity mixed Cruziana-Skolithos
suite  (Figs  8G & 8H). The trace-fossil elements
( Palaeophycus , Planolites , Cylindrichnus , Rosselia ,
Skolithos , Thalassinoides, Ophiomorpha and less
common Diplocraterion and  Rhizocorallium ) repre-
sent a proximal Cruziana Ichnofacies (MacEachern
& Bann, 2008). The intensity and diversity of the
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