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The earliest Gastrochaenolites (Early Pennsylvanian, Arkansas, USA): An upper Paleozoic bivalve boring?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Mark A. Wilson  and
Timothy J. Palmer
Mark A. Wilson
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio 44691
Timothy J. Palmer
Affiliation:
Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DB, United Kingdom
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Abstract

Borings of the ichnogenus Gastrochaenolites have been found in limestone cobbles of the Morrowan (Early Pennsylvanian) Cane Hill Member of the Hale Formation in northwestern Arkansas. They were likely excavated by lithophagid bivalves, thus extending the earliest record of obligate bivalve boring back from the Triassic into the upper Paleozoic. These borings are herein referred to as G. anauchen n. ichnosp. Lithophagid borings may be rare in the upper Paleozoic because of the absence or scarcity of suitable substrates, such as scleractinian corals or carbonate hardgrounds. Additional upper Paleozoic bivalve borings will likely be discovered in other carbonate-rich rocky shore deposits.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 72 , Issue 4 , July 1998 , pp. 769 - 772
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