Geochemical study of vertebrate fossils from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Csehbánya Formation (Hungary): Evidence for a freshwater habitat of mosasaurs and pycnodont fish

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 532-542

  Kocsis, László ^a   Osi, Attila ^b   Vennemann, Torsten ^c   Trueman, Clive N ^a   Palmer, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Diagenesis; Mosasaur; Oxygen isotope; Phosphate; Rare earth elements

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; DINOSAUR; EVAPORATION; FOSSIL; FRESHWATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SANTONIAN; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOROIDEA; MOSASAURIDAE; PYCNODONTIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 69049107341     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.07.009     Document Type: Article

References (78)

1. Ayliffe L.K., Chivas A.R., and Leakey M.G. The retention of primary oxygen isotope compositions of fossil elephant skeletal phosphate. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 58 (1994) 5291-5298
2. Bell E.G. Introduction, Mosasauridae. In: Callaway J.M., and Nicholls E.L. (Eds). Ancient Marine Reptiles, Part IV, Mosasauridae (1997), Academic Press, San Diego, California 281-292
3. 18O of dissolved inorganic phosphate and textural features of synthetic apatites. Am. Mineral. 83 (1998) 1516-1531
4. Buffetaut E., Costa G., Le Loeuff J., Martin M., Rage J.-C., Valentin X., and Tong H. An Early Campanian vertebrate fauna from the Villeveyrac Basin (Herault, Southern France). N. Jb. Geol. Pal. Abh. 1 (1996) 1-16
5. Csontos L., and Vörös A. Mesozoic plate tectonic reconstruction of the Carpathian region. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 210 (2004) 1-56
6. 232Th profiling and U-series isotope analysis of fossil teeth by laser ablation-ICPMS. Quat. Sci. Rev. 22 (2003) 1373-1382
7. Elliott J. Calcium phosphate biominerals. In: Kohn J.M., Rakovan J., and Hughes J.M. (Eds). Review in Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol. 48 (2002) 427-454
8. Fricke H.C. Stable isotope geochemistry of bonebed fossils: reconstructing paleoenvironments, paleoecology, and paleobiology. In: Rogers R.R., Eberth D.A., and Fiorillo A.R. (Eds). Bonebeds: Genesis, Analysis, and Paleobiological Significance (2007), University of Chicago Press, Chicago 437-490
9. Günther D., Frischknecht R., Heinrich C.A., and Kahlert H.J. Capabilities of an argon fluoride 193 nm excimer laser for laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry microanalysis of geological materials. J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 12 (1997) 939-944
10. Haas J. Late Cretaceous isolated platform evolution in the Bakony Mountains (Hungary). Geol. Carpath. 50 3 (1999) 241-256
11. Haas J. Alpine evolutionary cycle. In: Haas J. (Ed). Geology of Hungary, Eötvös University Press (2001) 75
12. Haas J., and Jocha-Edelényi E. Paleogeographic analysis of the Late Cretaceous sedimentary cycle in the Transdanubian Central Mountains, W Hungary. Annu. Rep. Hung. Geol. Inst. 1977 (1979) 217-223
13. Haley A.B., Klinkhammer P.G., and McManus J. Rare earth elements in pore waters of marine sediments. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68 (2004) 1265-1279
14. Hedges R.E.M., and Millard A.R. Measurements and relationships of diagenetic alteration of bone from three archaeological sites. J. Archaeol. Sci. 22 (1995) 201-209
15. Hoppe K.A., Koch P.L., and Furutani T.T. Assessing the preservation of biogenic strontium in fossil bones and tooth enamel. Int. J. Osteoarchaeol. 13 (2003) 20-28
16. Jocha-Edelényi E. History of evolution of the Upper Cretaceous Basin in the Bakony Mts at the time of the terrestrial Csehbánya Formation. Acta Geol. Hung. 31 1-2 (1988) 19-31
17. Johannesson K.H., and Zhou X. Origin of middle rare earth element enrichments in acid waters of a Canadian High Arctic lake. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 (1999) 153-165
18. Knauer J., and Siegl Farkas Á. Palynostratigraphic position of the Senonian beds overlying the Upper Cretaceous bauxite formations of the Bakony Mts. Ann. Rep. Hung. Geol. Inst. 1990 (1992) 463-471
19. Koch P.L. Isotopic reconstruction of past environments. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 26 (1998) 573-613
20. Koch P.L. Isotopic study of the biology of modern and fossil vertebrates. In: Michener R., and Lajtha K. (Eds). Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science. 2nd Edition (2007), Blackwell Publishing, Boston 99-154
21. Koch P.L., Halliday A.N., Walter L.M., Stearley R.F., Huston T.J., and Smith G.R. Sr isotopic composition of hydroxyapatite from recent and fossil salmon - the record of lifetime migration and diagenesis. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 108 (1992) 277-287
22. Koch P.L., Tuross N., and Fogel M.L. The effects of sample treatment and diagenesis on the isotopic integrity of carbonate in biogenic hydroxylapatite. J. Archaeol. Sci. 24 (1997) 417-429
23. Kocsis L., Vennemann T.W., and Fontignie D. Migration of sharks into freshwater systems during the Miocene and implications for Alpine paleoelevation. Geology 35 (2007) 451-454
24. Kocsis L., Vennemann T.W., Hegner E., Fontignie D., and Tütken T. Constraints on Miocene oceanography and climate in the Western and Central Paratethys: O-, Sr-, and Nd-isotope compositions of marine fish and mammal remains. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 271 (2009) 117-129
25. Koeppenkastrop D., and DeCarlo E.H. Sorption of rare earth elements from seawater onto synthetic mineral particles: an experimental approach. Chem. Geol. 95 (1992) 251-263
26. Kohn J.M. Models of diffusion-limited uptake of trace elements in fossils and rates of fossilization. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 72 (2008) 3758-3770
27. Kohn J.M., and Cerling E.T. Stable isotope compositions of biological apatite. In: Kohn J.M., Rakovan J., and Hughes J.M. (Eds). Review in Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol. 48 (2002) 455-488
28. Kohn M.J., Schoeninger M.J., and Barker W.W. Altered states: effects of diagenesis on fossil tooth chemistry. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 63 (1999) 2737-2747
29. Kolodny Y., and Luz B. Oxygen isotopes in phosphates of fossil fish - Devonian to Recent. In: Taylor H.P., O 'Neil J.R., and Kaplan I.R. (Eds). Stable Isotope Geochemistry: A Tribute to Samuel Epstein. Geochem. Soc. Spec. Publ. vol. 3 (1991) 105-119
30. Kolodny Y., Luz B., and Navon O. Oxygen isotope variations in phosphate of biogenic apatites, I. fish bone apatite-rechecking the rules of the game. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 64 (1983) 398-404
31. Kolodny Y., Luz B., Sander M., and Clemens A.W. Dinosaur bones: fossils or pseudomorphs? The pitfalls of physiology reconstruction from apatitic fossils. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimat. Palaeoecol. 126 (1996) 161-171
32. Lear H.C., Elderfield P., and Wilson P.A. Cenozoic deep-sea temperatures and global ice volumes from Mg/Ca in benthic foraminiferal calcite. Science 287 (2000) 269-272
33. Lécuyer C., Bogey C., Garcia J.-P., Grandjean P., Barrat J.-A., Floquet M., Bardet N., and Pereda-Superbiola X. Stable isotope composition and rare earth element content of vertebrate remains from the Late Cretaceous of northern Spain (Laño): did the environmental record survive? Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 193 (2003) 457-471
34. Lécuyer C., Reynard B., and Grandjean P. Rare earth element evolution of Phanerozoic seawater recorded in biogenic apatites. Chem. Geol. 204 (2004) 63-102
35. Longinelli A., and Nuti S. Oxygen isotope measurements from fish teeth and bones. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 20 (1973) 337-340
36. MacFadden B.J., Labs-Hochstein J., Hulbert Jr. R.C., and Baskin J.A. Revised age of the late Neogene terror bird (Titanis) in North America during the Great American interchange. Geology 35 (2007) 123-126
37. Makádi, L., 2006. Lizards from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Csehbánya Formation (Iharkút, Bakony Mts, western Hungary). Hantkeniana 5, Abstract Volume of the 4th Annual Meeting of the EAVP, Budapest, pp. 94.
38. Makádi L., Botfalvai G., and O{double acute}si A. The Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate fauna from the Bakony Mountains I: fishes, amphibians, turtles, squamates. Földtani Közlöny-Bull. Hung. Geol. Soc. 136/4 (2006) 487-502
39. Markwick J.P. Fossil crocodilians as indicators of Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic climates: implications for using paleontological data in reconstructing paleoclimate. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimat. Palaeoecol. 137 (1998) 205-271
40. McArthur J.M., Howarth R.J., and Bailey T.R. Strontium isotope stratigraphy: LOWESS version 3: best fit to the marine Sr-isotope curve for 0-509 Ma and accompanying look-up table for deriving numerical age. J. Geol. 109 (2001) 155-170
41. Metzger C.A., Terry D.O., and Grandstaff D.E. Effect of paleosol formation on rare earth element signatures in fossil bone. Geology 32 (2004) 467-500
42. Nelson J.S. Fishes of the World. 2nd edition (1984), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York 523 pp.
43. Nursall J.R. Distribution and ecology of pycnodont fishes. In: Arratia A., and Viohl G. (Eds). Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Paleoecology. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München (1996) 115-124
44. O{double acute}si A. The first dinosaur remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary (Csehbánya Formation, Bakony Mts). Geobios 37 (2004) 749-753
45. O{double acute}si A. Dinosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary - similarities and differences with other European Late Cretaceous faunas. Rev. Paleobiol. 9 (2004) 51-54
46. O{double acute}si A. Hungarosaurus tormai, a new ankylosaur (dinosaurian) from the Upper Cretaceous of Hungary. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 25 (2005) 370-383
47. O{double acute}si A., and Rabi M. The Late Cretaceous continental vertebrate fauna from the Bakony Mountains II: crocodiles, dinosaurs (Theropoda, Aves, Orinithischia), pterosaurs. Földtani Közlöny-Bull. Hung. Geol. Soc. 136/4 (2006) 503-526
48. O{double acute}si A., Weishampel D.B., and Jianu C.M. First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 50 4 (2005) 777-787
49. 18O) of phosphorite deposits in the Gafsa Basin, Tunisia. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimat. Palaeoecol. 268 (2008) 1-18
50. Patrick D., Martin J.E., Parris D.C., and Grandstaff D.E. Paleoenvironmental interpretations of rare earth element signatures in mosasaurs (reptilia) from the upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, central South Dakota, USA. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 212 (2004) 277-294
51. Person A., Bocherens H., Mariotti A., and Renard M. Diagenetic evolution andexperimental heating of bone phosphate. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 126 (1996) 135-149
52. Picard P., Lécuyer C., Barrat J.-A., Garcia J.-P., Dromart G., and Sheppard S.M.F. Rare earth element contents of Jurassic fish and reptile teeth and their potential relation to seawater composition (Anglo-Paris Basin, France and England). Chem. Geol. 186 (2002) 1-16
53. Pike A.W.G., and Hedges R.E.M. Sample geometry and U uptake in archaeological teeth: implications for U-series and ESR dating. Quat. Sci. Rev. 20 (2001) 1021-1025
54. Pfretzschner H.-U. Fossilization of Haversian bone in aquatic environments. C. R. Palevol. 3 (2004) 605-616
55. Poyato-Ariza F.J., Talbot M.R., Fregenal-Martínez M.A., Meléndez N., and Wenz S. First isotopic and multidisciplinary evidence for nonmarine coelacanths and pycnodontiform fishes: palaeoenvironmental implications. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 144 (1998) 65-84
56. Price T.D., Blitz J., Burton J., and Ezzo J.A. Diagenesis in prehistoric bone: problems and solutions. J. Archaeol. Sci. 19 (1992) 513-529
57. Pucéat E., Lécuyer C., Sheppard S.M.F., Dromart G., Reboulet S., and Grandjean P. Thermal evolution of Cretaceous Tethyan marine waters inferred from oxygen isotope composition of fish tooth enamels. Paleoceanography 18 2 (2003) 1029 10.1029/2002PA000823
58. Reynard B., Lécuyer C., and Grandjean P. Crystal-chemical controls on rare earth element concentrations in fossil biogenic apatites and implications for paleoenviromental reconstructions. Chem. Geol. 155 (1999) 233-241
59. Shackleton N.J., and Kennett J.P. Paleotemperature history of the Cenozoic and the initiation of Antarctic glaciation: oxygen and carbon isotope analyses in DSDP sites 277, 279, and 281. Init. Rep. Deep Sea Drill. Proj. 29 (1975) 743-756
60. Shemesh A., Kolodny Y., and Luz B. Isotope geochemistry of oxygen and carbon in phosphate and carbonate of phosphorite francolite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 52 (1988) 2565-2572
61. Shields G.A., and Webb G.E. Has the REE composition of seawater changed over geologic time. Chem. Geol. 204 (2004) 103-107
62. Skinner W.C.H., and Jahren A.H. Biomineralization. In: Holland H.D., and Turekian K.K. (Eds). Treatise on Geochemistry (2007) 1-69 Ch. 8.04
63. Spötl C., and Vennemann T.W. Continuous-flow IRMS analysis of carbonate minerals. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 17 (2003) 1004-1006
64. Staron R.M., Grandstaff B.S., Gallagher W.B., and Grandstaff D.E. REE signatures in vertebrate fossils from Sewell, NJ: implications for location of the K-T boundary. Palaios 16 (2001) 255-265
65. Staudigel H., Doyle P., and Zindler A. Sr and Nd isotope systematics in fish teeth. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 76 (1985) 45-56
66. Trueman C. Trace element geochemistry of bonebeds. In: Rogers R.R., Eberth D.A., and Fiorillo A.R. (Eds). Bonebeds: Genesis, Analysis, and Paleobiological Significance (2007), University of Chicago Press, Chicago 397-435
67. Trueman C.N., and Benton J.M. A geochemical method to trace the taphonomic history of reworked bones in sedimentary settings. Geology 25 (1997) 263-266
68. Trueman C.N., and Tuross N. Trace elements in recent and fossil bone apatite. In: Kohn J.M., Rakovan J., and Hughes J.M. (Eds). Review in Mineralogy and Geochemistry vol. 48 (2002) 489-521
69. Trueman C.N., Benton M.J., and Palmer M.R. Geochemical taphonomy of shallow marine vertebrate assemblages. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 197 (2003) 151-169
70. Trueman C.N., Chenery C., Eberth D.A., and Spiro B. Diagenetic effects on the oxygen isotope composition of bones of dinosaurs and other vertebrates recovered from terrestrial and marine sediments. J. Geol. Soc. 160 (2003) 895-901
71. Trueman C.N., Behrensmeyer K.A., Potts R., and Tuross N. High resolution records of location and relative age from the rare earth element composition of fossil bones. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 70 (2006) 4343-4355
72. Trueman C.N., Palmer M.R., Field J., Privat K., Ludgate N., Chavagnac V., Eberth D.A., Cifelli R., and Rogers R.R. Comparing rates of recrystallisation and the potential for preservation of biomolecules from the distribution of trace elements in fossil bones. C.R. Palevol. 7 (2008) 145-158
73. Tuba Gy., Kiss P., Pósfai M., and Mindszenty A. Preliminary data on the diagenesis of Cretaceous Dinosaur bones from the Bakony Mts, Hungary. Földtani Közlöny-Bull. Hung. Geol. Soc. 136/1 (2006) 1-24
74. Tütken T., Vennemann T.W., Janz H., and Heizmann H.E.P. Palaeoenvironment and palaeoclimate of the Middle Miocene lake in the Steinheim basin, SW Germany, a reconstruction from C, O, and Sr isotopes of fossil remains. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 241 (2006) 457-491
75. Tütken T., Vennemann T.W., and Pfretzschner H.-U. Early diagenesis of bone and tooth apatite in fluvial and marine settings: constraints from combined oxygen isotope, nitrogen and REE analysis. Palaeogeogr. Palaeoclimatol. Palaeoecol. 266 (2008) 254-268
76. Vennemann T.W., Hegner E., Cliff G., and Benz G.W. Isotopic composition of recent shark teeth as a proxy for environmental conditions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65 (2001) 1583-1599
77. 4. Chem. Geol. 185 (2002) 321-336
78. Zazzo A., Lécuyer C., and Mariotti A. Experimentally-controlled carbon and oxygen isotope exchange between bioapatites and water under inorganic and microbially mediated conditions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68 (2004) 1-12