Sertaterebrites Ekdale, Brown et Feibel, 1989

ID16418
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonSertaterebrites
AuthorEkdale, Brown et Feibel, 1989
ReferenceEkdale et al., 1989
Parent taxonOsteichnidae
FADPleistocene
LADPleistocene

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Description(s)

Buatois et al., 2017:

Category of architectural design: 2.61. U-shaped borings.

Ekdale et al., 1989:

Diagnosis: Vertical spreiten boring, in which the individual tunnels that make up the spreite are discrete and not overlapping, except where they join near the top of the limbs at the two ends of the spreite; usually linked as a series of two or more spreiten, giving a festoon aspect to the entire structure.

Wisshak et al., 2019a:

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate.

Ekdale et al., 1989:

Diagnosis: Vertical spreiten boring, in which the individual tunnels that make up the spreite are discrete and not overlapping, except where they join near the top of the limbs at the two ends of the spreite; usually linked as a series of two or more spreiten, giving a festoon aspect to the entire structure.