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Underwood et al., 1999

Microborings in mid-Cretaceous fish teeth

Underwood, C. J., Mitchell, S. F., Veltkamp, C. J.
DOI
DOI10.1144/pygs.52.3.269
Aasta1999
KirjastusGeological Society of London
AjakiriProceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Köide52
Number3
Leheküljed269-274
Tüüpartikkel ajakirjas
Keelinglise
Id7993

Abstrakt

Fish teeth and other remains from the British Cretaceous contain abundant evidence for post-mortem colonization by endolithic organisms. The borings are here recognised as occurring in three morphotypes, including a flask-shaped form not previously recorded. There is strong evidence to suggest that each of these boring types shows a strong preference for a particular substrate histology. The damage and destruction of vertebrate remains by microborings is here considered to exert a major taphonomic control on microvertebrate assemblages. The relationships between the intensity of colonization of vertebrate material by endolithic organisms and palaeoenvironment have implications for using these bone microborings as palaeoenvironmental indicators.

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