Talpina Hagenow, 1840

ID15021
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
CADBranched tubular borings
TypeMacroboring
SubstrateCalcareous substrate
TaxonTalpina
AuthorHagenow, 1840
ReferenceHagenow, 1840
Parent taxonTalpinidae
Is validYes
FADFamennian
LADRecent
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2023Talpina Hagenow, 1840Gaaloul, Uchman, Ben Ali, Janiszewska, Stolarski, Kołodziej & Riah674Gaaloul et al., 2023
2020Talpina isp.Breton, Jäger & Kocí198JBreton et al., 2020
2013Talpina von Hagenow, 1840Zonneveld & Bistran923Zonneveld & Bistran, 2013
2005Talpina Hagenow, 1840Stiller399Stiller, 2005
2004Talpina von Hagenow, 1840Bromley461Bromley, 2004a
2003Talpina von Hagenow, 1840Taylor & Wilson11Taylor & Wilson, 2003
1994Talpina von Hagenow, 1840Fürsich, Palmer & Goodyear167Fürsich et al., 1994
1970Conchotrema boringsRodriguez & Gutschick4122a, c-f; 3a-fRodriguez & Gutschick, 1970
1952CalcirodaMayer455Mayer, 1952b
1945ConchotremaTeichert203Teichert, 1945
1865Talpina, HagenowTerquem & Piette134Terquem & Piette, 1865
1851Talpina von HagenowMüller59Müller, 1851
1840Talpina nob.Hagenow670Hagenow, 1840

Descriptions and remarks

Remark: Narrow curved, branching tunnels connected to the surface by apertures. Attributed to colonial species of phoronid worms.


Branched, network.


Category of architectural design: 2.68. Branched tubular borings.


Several different groups of organisms such as sponges, annelids, various other "worms", bryozoans, or "protists" have been supposed to be the producers of Talpina borings (e. g. Voigt, 1972, 1975) . The overall shape of Talpina borings shows features typical for organisms that live in colonies. Voigt ( 1972, 1975) showed that Talpina borings very closely resemble the borings of pseudocolonies of the Recent phoronid Phoronis ovalis Wright, 1856 in molluscan shells, and that the ichnogenus Talpina, therefore, with great certainty represents borings produced by pseudocolonial phoronids.


Emended diagnosis.—Narrow, tubular borings in lithic or hard skeletal substrates, forming multi-branching tunnel systems with apertures towards the exterior. Tunnels with circular to oval cross-section, straight to strongly curved; short side branches towards apertures often developed near branching points of the main tunnel system. Tunnels may anstomose


Occurrences


Browse Categories of Architectural Design (CADs):

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 |