Vinn & Toom, 2016e

Author(s):Vinn, O., Toom, U.
Year:2016
Title:Borings in phosphatized Cambrian siltstone pebbles, Estonia (Baltica)
Journal:Geological Magazine
Volume:153
Number:4
Pages:635-642
Abstract

The earliest know macroborings (Trypanites) from Baltica occur in early Cambrian phosphatized siltstone pebbles from Kopli quarry in Tallinn, Estonia. Trypanites borings also occur in Furongian phosphatized siltstone pebbles in northern Estonia. The intensity of bioerosion on these Cambrian pebbles is low compared to analogue substrates from Ordovician deposits of Baltica. These bored phosphatized siltstone pebbles show that bioerosion of hard substrates occurred in relatively cold climate epicontinental seas during Cambrian time.

Keywords:Baltica, Bioerosion, Cambrian, Cambrian trace fossils, Estonia, Paleontology, Trypanites
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S001675681500076X
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