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Endolithic Microborings in Corals from the Acanthopyge Limestone (Middle Devonian, Eifelian; Barrandian Area; Czech Republic) Cover

Endolithic Microborings in Corals from the Acanthopyge Limestone (Middle Devonian, Eifelian; Barrandian Area; Czech Republic)

By: Michal Mergl  
Open Access
|Apr 2025

Abstract

Three types of microborings are described on corallites of auloporid corals from the Acanthopyge Limestone, Choteč Formation, Middle Devonian (Eifelian) of Central Bohemia. Straight unbranched galleries and swellings of Irhopalia isp. are interpreted as being produced by a phototroph, likely a chlorophyte. Two other rare ichnospecies likely represent sponge borings (Entobia? isp., Dendrina? isp.). The microborings are preserved by the hydrated iron oxide mineral casts after pyrite fillings. The perfect three-dimensional preservation of the microborings represents an alternative for the resin casting method, which cannot be used in solid limestone, where the microborings are filled by precipitated calcium carbonate.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fbgp-2024-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1805-286X | Journal ISSN: 1805-2371
Language: English
Page range: 17 - 27
Published on: Apr 28, 2025
Published by: West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Michal Mergl, published by West Bohemian Museum in Pilsen
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