Occurrence of Giant Borings of Osprioneides Kampto in the Lower Silurian (Sheinwoodian) Stromatoporoids of Saaremaa, Estonia
Publication Date
2010
Document Type
Article
Issue
3
Abstract
The distribution of Osprioneides is more environmentally limited than that of Trypanites in the Silurian of Baltica. Osprioneides probably occurred only in large hard substrates of relatively deepwater muddy bottom open shelf environments. Osprioneides were relatively rare, occurring in 4.7% of all stromatoporoid specimens in that environment, in contrast to small Trypanites- Palaeosabella borings, which occur in 88.4% of stromatoporoids and 88.9% of heliolitid corals. Osprioneides is reported only from the lower Sheinwoodian stromatoporoids of the exposed Silurian of Saaremaa (Wenlock to Pridoli). Osprioneides borings probably played a minor role in the general bioerosion in the Silurian of Baltica. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Keywords
Bioerosion, Corals, Estonia, Osprioneides kampto, Palaeosabella, Silurian, Stromatoporoids, Trypanites
Recommended Citation
Vinn, O. and Wilson, Mark Mr, "Occurrence of Giant Borings of Osprioneides Kampto in the Lower Silurian (Sheinwoodian) Stromatoporoids of Saaremaa, Estonia" (2010). Ichnos: An International Journal for Plant and Animal Traces, (3), 166-171. 10.1080/10420940.2010.502478. Retrieved from https://openworks.wooster.edu/facpub/153