Peel, 2020a

Author(s):Peel, J. S.
Year:2020
Title:Biogenic and abiogenic injuries in a Carboniferous Bellerophon (Gastropoda) from the Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Journal:GFF
Volume:142
Number:1
Pages:81-86
Abstract

Two described specimens of the gastropod Bellerophon tenuifascia J. de C. Sowerby, 1824, from the Carboniferous (Asbian) of the Isle of Man, United Kingdom, preserve repaired injuries resulting from environmental breakage and failed, non-lethal, predatory attacks. Deep scars attributed to predatory attacks are assigned to the ichnofossil Caedichnus and were focused on the mid-dorsal area of the aperture. Abundant small-scale scallops and chipping of growth lamellae distributed around the apertural margin are mainly the result of environmental damage. A deeply incised injury in the aperture of one specimen was probably a fatal injury.

Keywords:Bioerosion, Carboniferous, England, Gastropoda, Injury, Paleontology, Predation, Trace fossils
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/11035897.2019.1621376
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