Genus
Arachnostega Bertling, 1992
Taxon description
Fatka et al., 2011
Emended diagnosis: irregular, basically net-like burrows in sediment fill of shells, visible on the surface of internal moulds. The size of the whole structure may vary from microns to centimetres. The networks may continue laterally as ramifying, simply branching and, less commonly, also looping burrows (emended af ter Bertling 1992).
Bertling, 1992
Diagnosis: Irregular elongate and net-like burrows in sediment fills of shells. Visible on the surface of internal moulds. The size of the meshwork may vary from microns to centimetres, depending on the shell-bearing and the burrowing biota involved.
Selection of related publications
Vinn, O., Almansour, M. I., Al Farraj, S., El Hedeny, M. 2024. The abundance of Arachnostega in trilobite molds remained unaffected by the climatic warming during the Ordovician in Baltica. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen DOI:10.1127/njgpa/2024/1204
Toom, U., Vinn, O., Isakar, M., Madison, A., Hints, O. 2020. Small faecal pellets in Ordovician shelly fossils from Estonia, Baltoscandia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 69, 1, 1-19. DOI:10.3176/earth.2020.01
Vinn, O., Wilson, M., Zatoń, M., Toom, U. 2014. The trace fossil Arachnostega in the Ordovician of Estonia (Baltica). Palaeontologia Electronica 17, 17.3.40A, 1-9. Coquina Press. DOI:10.26879/477
Mikuláš R., Dronov, A. 2005. Trace fossils. 6th Baltic Stratigraphical Conference, IGCP 503 Meeting, August 23-25, 2005. Cambrian and Ordovician of St. Petersburg region. Guidebook of the pre-conference field trip, pp. 33-38. St. Petersburg State University, VSEGEI.
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References based on distribution
- Vinn et al., 2024o Leetse Cliff Volkhov Stage
- Vinn et al., 2024o Vanaküla Quarry Kukruse Stage
- Vinn et al., 2024o Kaarli, Lääne-Virumaa Rakvere Stage
- Vinn et al., 2024o Sutlema quarry Nabala Stage