Биогенные структуры терригенных отложений пограничного пермо-триасового интервала Южного Верхоянья, Республика Саха (Якутия)

Abstract

The article describes biogenic structures (trace fossils and bioturbation) of clastic rocks within the Permian-Triassic boundary interval in the Tiryakh-Kobyumeh section (Southern Verkhoyanye). The section is built by interbedding marine sandstones and siltstones, and is associated with the Late Permian mass extinction event. Most of the strata contain a variety of biogenic structures. Different taxonomic compositions of trace fossils and high bioturbation of Permian rocks indicate dense habitation of the basin bottom. In the Lower Triassic deposits, diversity of trace fossils sharply decreases as well as the degree of bioturbation. In the lower part of the Nekuchan suite's Triassic deposits, an interval of horizontally stratified rocks without bioturbation interbedded with rocks bioturbated by stratum has been identified. The interval is overlaid with highly bioturbated deposits, which indicates a rapid recovery of biodiversity after the Permian mass extinction.