Marine organisms have occupied hard substrates since the Archaean. Shells, rocks, wood
and sedimentary hardgrounds offer relatively stable habitats compared to unconsolidated …

A remarkable diversity of bioerosion trace fossils is reflected by the plethora of ichnotaxa that
has been proposed for these structures during the past two centuries. Bioerosion traces …

About 65 ichnogenera and a number of bioerosional trace fossils that are unnamed are
catalogued with respect to their stratigraphic ranges. In most cases, corresponding …

Abstract The Mesozoic Marine Revolution (MMR) was a major evolutionary episode
involving the large-scale restructuring of shallow-marine benthic communities and the rise to …

Attached organisms on hard substrates have been termed sessile, fixed, encrusting,
cemented. These terms reflect the palaeontological aspect of these communities, the …

In the temperate Azores carbonate factory, a substantial fraction of the calcareous skeletal
components is recycled by a remarkable biodiversity of biota producing bioerosion traces …

Animal bioerosion trace fossils upon mineral substrates are analyzed from the point of view
of the Seilacherian ethological classification. Several of the currently accepted ethological …

Traces of the action of mechanical and chemical boring, scraping or crushing organisms on
hard substrates appear in fossil carbonates as old as the Precambrian, providing valuable …

This study focuses on bioerosion of an aphotic deep-water coral mound, the Propeller
Mound, in the northern Porcupine Seabight. The predominant framework builder is the …

Abstract The oyster Crassostrea? hatcheri (Ortmann) is one of the most common fossils in
Oligocene–Miocene marine rocks in Patagonia, southern Argentina. This oyster is …