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Aspects of clavate borings in the type Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Netherlands and Belgium∙

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

S.K. Donovan  and
J.W.M. Jagt
S.K. Donovan*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
J.W.M. Jagt
Affiliation:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, De Bosquetplein 6-7, 6211 KJ Maastricht, the Netherlands
*
Email: steve.donovan@naturalis.nl
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We describe a collection of borings in carbonate and xylic substrates (Gastrochaenolites ispp., Teredolites longissimus Kelly & Bromley), some of them containing their producers, from the Maastricht and Houthem formations (late Maastrichtian and early Danian) in the type area of the Maastrichtian Stage, but mainly from the ENCI-HeidelbergCement Group quarry, St. Pietersberg (southern Limburg, the Netherlands). Included are specimens of Gastrochaenolites dijugus Kelly & Bromley, showing different modes of formation of the figure-of-eight aperture, either as part of the lining, incorporating the substrate or both. Gastrochaenolites lapidicus Kelly & Bromley was produced by the gastrochaenid bivalve Gastrochaena, whereas G. orbicularis Kelly & Bromley is the trace of Jouannetia supracretacea (De Ryckholt). Bioglyph-like infills of G. orbicularis and G. torpedo Kelly & Bromley rather represent external moulds of the producing bivalves; they are termed pseudobioglyphs herein. Teredolites longissimus is preserved as clusters of in situ, parallel to sub-parallel tubes, although the woody substrate has decayed, and disarticulated fragments of calcareous tubes have been released from rotten wood. The latter include some specimens filled by flint and show good three-dimensional preservation. Some notes on the taxonomy of the producing bivalve taxa are added.

Keywords

Trace fossilsBivalviabioglyphpseudobioglyphGastrochaenolitesTeredolites
Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 92 , Issue 2-3 , September 2013 , pp. 133 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2013

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In: Mulder, E.W.A., Jagt, J.W.M. & Schulp, A.S. (eds): The Sunday's child of Dutch earth sciences – a tribute to Bert Boekschoten on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

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