Gastrochaenolites pickerilli Donovan, 2002

ID15020
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonGastrochaenolites pickerilli
AuthorDonovan, 2002
ReferenceDonovan, 2002
Parent taxonGastrochaenolites
Is validYes
FADPleistocene
LADPleistocene
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2003Gastrochaenolites pickerilli isp. nov.Donovan641,2Donovan, 2002

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
holotypeBMNH TF 147(1)Natural History Museum, LondonPort Morant Harbour, JamaicaPleistocenePort Morant FmDonovan, 2002

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosis: Elongate, smooth borings of circular section with a calcareous lining; lateral, calcareous, meniscate structures parallel one side of the borehole only.

Description: Aperture and neck not preserved in any specimen; base of boring not seen. Borings smooth, elongate (‘torpedo-like’) in longitudinal profile (best seen on TF 147(4), preserved as an oblique section; Fig. 2B) and circular in section throughout. Longest specimens 30+ mm long but incomplete. All boreholes lined by a calcareous (calcite?) layer. Finely laminated, calcareous meniscate structures preserved adjacent tohe borehole are as wide and long as, and concave towards, the boring, The longest “train” of menisci is more than 20 mm inlength. All borings preserve the shell of the producer, a bivalve mollusc.


Occurrences


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Borings with elliptical to sub-rectangular cross sections | Branched tubular borings | Camerate boxwork borings | Camerate network borings | Circular holes and pit-shaped borings | Clavate-shaped borings | Cylindrical vertical to oblique borings | Dendritic and rosetted borings | Elongate or branched attachment bioerosion traces | Fracture-shaped bioerosion traces | Globular to spherical borings | Groove bioerosion traces | Multiple attachment bioerosion traces | Non-camerate boxwork borings | Non-camerate network borings | Pouch borings | Radial borings | Single circular to tear-shaped attachment bioerosion traces | Spiral borings | Trackways and scratch imprints | U-shaped borings | Winding borings |