Deline, 2008

Author(s):Deline, B.
Year:2008
Title:The First Evidence of Predatory or Parasitic Drilling in Stylophoran Echinoderms
Journal:Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
Volume:53
Number:4
Pages:739-743
Abstract

Drillholes are common in many different echinoderm classes, but have yet to be reported in homalozoans. A borehole in the Late Ordovician echinoderm Enoploura is the first evidence of drilling in Stylophora. The level of preservation and environ− mental setting suggest this drilling occurred while the organ− ism was alive, thus supporting a predatory or parasitic inter− pretation.

Keywords:Bioerosion, Echinodermata, North America, Ordovician, Paleontology, Parasites, Predation
DOI:https://doi.org/10.4202/app.2008.0416
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