Species

Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992

Taxon description

Bertling, 1992

Diagnosis: Ramified burrows on the surface of internal moulds with an oval crosssection which increases slowly in diameter by a factor of 5 to 10, approximately. At ramifications, the bent main burrow is not reduced in size. Lateral burrows mostly have a smaller diameter. Polygonal areas on the surface of internal moulds may be produced by the unification of ramified burrows.
Description: The burrows are best visible on the surface of internal moulds and may either be empty or filled by sparite. The diameter is 30~t to 5011 in the earliest visible stages and gradually increases up to 15011. Because the traces are not confined to the surface of internal moulds they sometimes appear to be constricted or even terminated, depending on the angle of descent from the surface.

Synonymy list
1992     Arachnostega gastrochaenae n. ichnosp. — Bertling , pp. 180, fig. 2a-f
1994     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Fürsich et al. , pp. 161, fig. Pl. 3:1-2,4
1999     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Fürsich & Pandey , pp. 126, fig. fig.7g
2002     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Aceñoaza & Aceñolaza , pp. 183, fig. Fig. 6D
2002     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling — Aceñolaza & Aceñolaza , pp. 182, fig. 6D
2004     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Donovan & Jagt , pp. 120
2007     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Farinati , pp. 281
2010     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Gil Cid & Lebrón Moreno , pp. 177-178, fig. 4:1, 2
2011     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling, 1992 — Breton , pp. 7, fig. Fig. 7,8,9,10,11
2011     Arachnostega gastrochaenae Bertling — Fatka et al. , pp. 372-375, fig. text-figs. 4, 5
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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Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioturbation trace fossils
GenusArachnostega
Speciesfossiger
gastrochaenae
siwaensis
References based on distribution