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Villegas-Martín et al., 2012

Jurassic Teredolites from Cuba: New trace fossil evidence of early wood-boring behavior in bivalves

Villegas-Martín, J., de Gibert, J. M., Rojas-Consuegra, R., Belaústegui, Z.
DOI
DOI10.1016/j.jsames.2012.06.009
Year2012
JournalJournal of South American Earth Sciences
Volume38
Pages123-128
Typearticle in journal
LanguageEnglish
Id51975

Abstract

Teredolites clavatus is described from log fragments preserved in carbonate concretions in the Oxfordian (Upper Jurassic) Jagua Formation in western Cuba. The trace fossils are interpreted as borings produced by marine bivalves inhabiting floating wood substrates, probably pholadids belonging to the subfamily Martesiinae. This report constitutes one of the few known occurrences of the ichnogenus in the Jurassic and contributes to a better knowledge of the early history and evolution of wood-boring behavior in bivalves.

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