Species

Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley et D’Alessandro, 1983

Type specimen data
holotype: University of Copenhagen ; MGUH 16065; Monopoli (Bari); Pleistocene , "Calcarenite di Gravina" Formation
Reference:
Bromley, R. G., D’Alessandro, A. 1983. Bioerosion in the Pleistocene of southern Italy: ichnogenera Caulostrepsis and Maeandropolydora. pp. 283-309.
Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Botquelen & Mayoral, 2005

Description. Boring network produced by a cylindrical gallery subdivided into U-shaped (7 mm wide and 13 mm long) and S-shaped (4 mm wide and 8–17 mm long) lobes. The inner edges of the limbs are connected by a vane. Lobes are connected to each other, and each lobe is subparallel to its neighbour, but lies in a different plane.

Bromley & D'Alessandro, 1984

Diagnosis. Boring curved in a sinuous U-shape or ear-shape to produce complex structures consisting of lobes. Normally, a lobe or series of them is curved within a plane or twisted along its axis. Vane well developped. Generally the lobes are connected in such a way that each individual element lies in a different plane, sub-parallel or rotated in respect to its nieghbour. Aperture apparently simple 8-shaped.

Synonymy list
1983     Caulostrepsis contorta isp. n. — Bromley & D'Alessandro , pp. 288, fig. 23; 25:3,4
1987     Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Bromley & D’Alessandro , fig. 7
1991     Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Radtke , pp. 54, fig. 4:1-3
1991     Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Mayoral , pp. 56, fig. 1-3, Tab. 1:1-4; 2:1-3
2005     Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Botquelen & Mayoral , pp. 1061, fig. 2F; 5
2005     Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Försterra, Beuck, Häussermann & Freiwald , pp. 965
Selection of related publications
Försterra, G., Beuck, L., Häussermann, V., Freiwald, A. 2005. Shallow-water Desmophyllum dianthus (Scleractinia) from Chile: characteristics of the biocoenoses, the bioeroding community, heterotrophic interactions and (paleo)-bathymetric implications. Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems, pp. 937-977. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. DOI:10.1007/3-540-27673-4_48
Botquelen, A., Mayoral, E. 2005. Early Devonian bioerosion in the Rade de Brest, Armorican massif, France. Palaeontology 48, 5, 1057-1064. DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2005.00492.x
Bromley, R. G., D’Alessandro, A. 1983. Bioerosion in the Pleistocene of southern Italy: ichnogenera Caulostrepsis and Maeandropolydora. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 89, 2, 283-309.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyOsteichnidae
GenusCaulostrepsis
Speciesavipes
biforans
contorta
cretacea
penicillus
spiralis
taeniola
unrankeddunbari
References based on distribution