Maeandropolydora sulcans Voigt, 1965

ID15435
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonMaeandropolydora sulcans
AuthorVoigt, 1965
ReferenceVoigt, 1965
Parent taxonMaeandropolydora
Is validYes
FADWenlock
LADRecent
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2024Maeandropolydora sulcans Voigt, 1965Knaust & Schnick157DKnaust & Schnick, 2024
2023Maeandropolydora sulcans Voigt, 1965Gaaloul, Uchman, Ben Ali, Janiszewska, Stolarski, Kołodziej & Riahi6715F; 11BGaaloul et al., 2023
2022Maeandropolydora sulcans Voigt, 1965Martinell & Domènech2425AMartinell & Domènech, 2022
2017Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Breton et al.3CBreton et al., 2017
2008Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Knaust3645D; 7FKnaust, 2008
2007Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Blissett & Pickerill873:1Blissett & Pickerill, 2007
2007Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Farinati281Farinati, 2007
2005Maeandropolydora sulcans Voigt, 1965Försterra, Beuck, Häussermann & Freiwald9674G-HFörsterra et al., 2005
2004Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Blissett & Pickerill1837/3, 5Blissett & Pickerill, 2004a
2001Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Fodor153:1Fodor, 2001
2000Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Bundschuh7611:6, 7Bundschuh, 2000
1998Meandropolydora sulcans VoigtBertling & Insalaco155Bertling & Insalaco, 1998
1992Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Schmidt593:1-2Schmidt, 1992
1989Maeandropolydora sulcans VoigtHoffmann & Krobicki3067:4-5Hoffmann & Krobicki, 1989
1987Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Bromley & D'Alessandro40041:4, 42:3; Text fig. 16B-DBromley & D'Alessandro, 1987
1983Maeandropolydora sulcans Voight, 1965Bromley & D'Alessandro29421:4,6; 24:2Bromley & D'Alessandro, 1983
1977Maeandropolydora flosaChiplonkar & GhareChiplonkar & Ghare, 1977
1965Maeandropolydora sulcans n. g. n. sp.Voigt20426:5-6; 27; Text fig. 3-5Voigt, 1965

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
holotypeT.K.-Nr. 1115Geologischen Staatsinstitut in HamburgBülten bear. IlsedeSantonianVoigt, 1965

Descriptions and remarks

Description: M.sulcans in the form of cylindrical galleries with a winding course and local branching.  The borings are typically 5-15mm wide, several centimetres long and more or less horizontal. They are commonly combined with B. triadicus, elongated to winding grooves and U-shaped pouches.

Remarks: Following the diagnosis and descriptions given by BROMLEY & D'ALESSANDRO (1983,1987), M. sulcans comprises cylindrical galleries with two or more apertures, irregularly contorted and bent in loops, with- out fusion and vane. The diameter is constant, and different gradations of complication occur from winding U-borings via branched U-borings to complex winding networks. All these transitions are common in the studied material, with the only difference in their larger size. Size, however, is not regarded as an ichnotaxobase (BERTLING et al. 2006) and thus a designation of these borings as M. sulcans is justified. The series of morphotypes in the examined material ranges from shallow grooves or half-borings on the surface (as described by VOIGT 1965) to complex galleries with pouches (Maeandropolydora decipiens VOIGT,1965). M.sulcans may be part of extensive Balanoglossites systems but commonly occurs in isolation.


Diagnosis – (After Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983, p. 295.) Cylindrical gallery having at least two apertures, irregularly contorted, commonly bent in loops, never showing fusion where walls are in mutual contact; vane absent.
Description – Cylindrical galleries having varying diameter (c. 100-200 μm) in individual specimens. The galleries in each specimen are contorted, branched with at least three apertures and two blind.


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 |