Biology:Bergaueria
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Short description: Fossil
| Bergaueria | |
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Trace fossil classification|Trace fossil classification 
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| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Ichnogenus: | †Bergaueria Prantl |
Bergaueria is an Ediacaran–Silurian[1] trace fossil believed to represent the dwelling trace of Cnidarians (Actinia – sea anemones).[2] It likely caused mixing and fluid exchange into the sediment (bioirrigation).[3] Similar traces (Cheiichnus) can be made by rotational movement of arthropods.[4]
References
- ↑ Pickerill, R. (1989). "Bergaueria perata Prantl, 1945 from the Silurian of Cape George, Nova Scotia". Atlantic Geology 25 (3): 191–197. doi:10.4138/1683. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ageo/1989-v25-n3-ageo_25_3/ageo25_3art03/.
- ↑ Alpert, Stephen P. (1973). "Bergaueria Prantl (Cambrian and Ordovician), a Probable Actinian Trace Fossil". Journal of Paleontology 47 (5): 919–924.
- ↑ Cribb, Alison T.; Van De Velde, Sebastiaan J.; Berelson, William M.; Bottjer, David J.; Corsetti, Frank A. (2023). "Ediacaran–Cambrian bioturbation did not extensively oxygenate sediments in shallow marine ecosystems". Geobiology 21 (4): 435–453. doi:10.1111/gbi.12550. PMID 36815223.
- ↑ Jensen, Sören; Bergström, Jan (2000). "Cheiichnus gothicusigen. Et isp. N., a new Bergaueria-like arthropod trace fossil from the Lower Cambrian of Västergötland, Sweden". GFF 122 (3): 293–296. doi:10.1080/11035890001223293.
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