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Arachnostega n. ichnog. -burrowing traces in internal moulds of boring bivalves (late jurassic, northern Germany)

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Grabgänge an der Oberfläche von Mollusken-Steinkernen werden alsArachnostega gastrochaenae n. ichnog. n. ichnosp. beschrieben. Gegenwärtig ist das Ichnogenus nur aus dem norddeutschen Oberjura und der Nordsee bekannt. Die Synökologie der Erzeuger wird eingehend diskutiert: Es handelt sich um vermutlich opportunistische, detritusfressende Polychaeten, die der Coelobiten-Infauna zugerechnet werden müssen. Sie sind nicht in eine ökologische Sukzession eingebunden, da ein Sedimentationsereignis vorausgehen mußte. Auf den skeletalen Rahmen haben sie schwächend gewirkt, doch schnelle Zementation der weichen Internsedimente und Inkrustierer der Oberfläche behindern die Graborganismen. Abschließend werden biostratinomische und fossildiagenetische Aspekte erörtert.

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Burrowing traces in internal moulds of molluscs are described asArachnostega gastrochaenae n. ichnog. n. ichnosp. Currently, the ichnogenus is only known from the Late Jurassic and Recent of Northern Germany. The synecology of its polychaete producers is discussed in detail: they were probably opportunistic detritus-feeders and have to be regarded as infaunal coelobites. The tracemakers were not part of an ecological succession because their activity was facilitated by a sedimentation event. They weakened the skeletal frame but rapid cementation and encrusters inhibited them. Finally, aspects of biostratinomy and fossil diagenesis are sketched.

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Bertling, M. Arachnostega n. ichnog. -burrowing traces in internal moulds of boring bivalves (late jurassic, northern Germany). Paläont. Z. 66, 177–185 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02989487

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