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A predatory drillhole in Glottidia palmeri Dall (Brachiopoda; Lingulidae) from Recent tidal flats of northeastern Baja California, Mexico

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Michał Kowalewski  and
Karl W. Flessa
Michał Kowalewski
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
Karl W. Flessa
Affiliation:
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
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Predatory drillholes (boreholes) are known from fossils as old as the late Precambrian (Bengtson and Zhao, 1992). The presence of predatory drillholes has been documented in a large number of shelly invertebrates including bivalves, gastropods, scaphopods, crabs, ostracodes, brachiopods, and many others (e.g., Sohl, 1969; Bishop, 1975; Bromley, 1981; Vermeij, 1987; Kabat, 1990; and references therein). We document here, for the first time, a drillhole in a lingulid brachiopod.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 68 , Issue 6 , November 1994 , pp. 1403 - 1405
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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