Teredolites Leymerie, 1842
| ID | 13864 |
|---|---|
| Fossil group | Bioerosional trace fossils |
| Taxon | Teredolites |
| Author | Leymerie, 1842 |
| Reference | Leymerie, 1842 |
| Parent taxon | Gastrochaenolitidae |
| FAD | Pliensbachian |
| LAD | Recent |
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Description(s)
Buatois et al., 2017:
Teredolites Leymerie, 1842, also emended by Kelly and Bromley (1984), is a clavate boring in xylic substrates. These borings, attributed most often to bivalves, are cylindrical and can be short orvery long. Teredolites commonly has a calcareous lining.
Taylor & Wilson, 2003:
Remark: Tubular, clavate borings in wood, sometimes with calcareous linings. Some contain the shells of the trace-making bivalve.
Knaust, 2012a:
Unbranched, branched, clavate.
Buatois et al., 2017:
Category of architectural design: 2.66. Clavate-shaped borings.
Donovan, 2018:
Diagnosis. (Slightly modified after Kelly and Bromley 1984, p. 804.) ‘‘Clavate borings in woody substrates, acutely turbinate, evenly tapered from aperture to base of main chamber; neck region not separated from main chamber; cross-sections at all levels more or less circular; short.’’