Rogerella

Summary

Rogerella is a small pouch-shaped boring (a type of trace fossil) with a slit-like aperture currently produced by acrothoracican barnacles. These crustaceans extrude their legs upwards through the opening for filter-feeding (Seilacher, 1969; Lambers and Boekschoten, 1986). They are known in the fossil record as borings in carbonate substrates (shells and hardgrounds) from the Devonian to the Recent (Taylor and Wilson, 2003).

Rogerella
Rogerella elliptica borings in a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) crinoid stem (Matmor Formation, southern Israel).
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Ichnofamily: Rogerellidae
Ichnogenus: Rogerella
de Saint-Seine, 1951
Type ichnospecies
Rogerella lecointrei
de Saint-Seine, 1951
Ichnospecies[1]
  • R. arbiglandensis (Smith, 1910)
  • R. caudata Voigt, 1967
  • R. caveata (Tomlinson, 1963)
  • R. cragini Schlaudt & Young, 1960
  • R. davenporti (Tomlinson, 1969)
  • R. elliptica (Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958)
  • R. elongata (Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958)
  • R. lecointrei de Saint-Seine, 1951
  • R. linii (Hyde, 1953)
  • R. mathieui de Saint-Seine, 1955
  • R. oostoma (Seguenza, 1879)
  • R. pattei (de Saint-Seine, 1955)
  • R. polonica (Bałuk & Radwański, 1991)
  • R. sacculus (Mägdefrau, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
  • Seminolithes Hyde, 1953
  • Zapfella de Saint-Seine, 1954
  • Brachyzapfes Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958
  • Simonizapfes Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958

References edit

  1. ^ a b Wisshak, M.; Knaust, D.; Bertling, M. (2019). "Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list". Facies. 65 (2): 24. doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8.
  • Lambers, P., Boekschoten, G.J. (1986). "On fossil and recent borings produced by acrothoracic cirripeds". Geologie en Mijnbouw. 65: 257–268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Seilacher, A. (1969). "Paleoecology of boring barnacles". American Zoologist. 9 (3): 705–719. doi:10.1093/icb/9.3.705.
  • Taylor, P.D., Wilson. M.A. (2003). "Palaeoecology and evolution of marine hard substrate communities". Earth-Science Reviews. 62 (1–2): 1–103. Bibcode:2003ESRv...62....1T. doi:10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00131-9.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)