Rogerella

Rogerella
Rogerella elliptica borings in a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) crinoid stem (Matmor Formation, southern Israel).
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Ichnofamily: †Rogerellidae
Ichnogenus: †Rogerella
de Saint-Seine, 1951
Type ichnospecies
Rogerella lecointrei
de Saint-Seine, 1951
Ichnospecies[1]
  • R. arbiglandensis (Smith, 1910)
  • R. caudata Voigt, 1967
  • R. caveata (Tomlinson, 1963)
  • R. cragini Schlaudt & Young, 1960
  • R. davenporti (Tomlinson, 1969)
  • R. elliptica (Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958)
  • R. elongata (Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958)
  • R. lecointrei de Saint-Seine, 1951
  • R. linii (Hyde, 1953)
  • R. mathieui de Saint-Seine, 1955
  • R. oostoma (Seguenza, 1879)
  • R. pattei (de Saint-Seine, 1955)
  • R. polonica (Bałuk & Radwański, 1991)
  • R. sacculus (Mägdefrau, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
  • Seminolithes Hyde, 1953
  • Zapfella de Saint-Seine, 1954
  • Brachyzapfes Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958
  • Simonizapfes Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958

Rogerella is a small pouch-shaped boring (a type of trace fossil) with a slit-like aperture currently produced by acrothoracican barnacles. These crustaceans extrude their legs upwards through the opening for filter-feeding.[2][3] They are known in the fossil record as borings in carbonate substrates (shells and hardgrounds) from the Devonian to the Recent.[4]

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  2. ^ Seilacher, A. (1969). "Paleoecology of boring barnacles". American Zoologist. 9 (3): 705–719. doi:10.1093/icb/9.3.705.
  3. ^ Lambers, P., Boekschoten, G.J. (1986). "On fossil and recent borings produced by acrothoracic cirripeds". Geologie en Mijnbouw. 65: 257–268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Taylor, P.D., Wilson. M.A. (2003). "Palaeoecology and evolution of marine hard substrate communities". Earth-Science Reviews. 62 (1–2): 1–103. Bibcode:2003ESRv...62....1T. doi:10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00131-9.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)