Bergaueria is an Ediacaran–Silurian[2] trace fossil believed to represent the dwelling trace of Cnidarians (Actinia – sea anemones).[3] It likely caused mixing and fluid exchange into the sediment (bioirrigation).[4] Similar traces (Cheiichnus) can be made by rotational movement of arthropods.[5]
| Bergaueria Temporal range:
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| Bergaueria radiata | |
Trace fossil classification 
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| Ichnogenus: | †Bergaueria Prantl, 1946 |
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| Bergaueria perata Prantl, 1946
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Kulindrichnus Hallam, 1960 | |
References
edit- ^ Pemberton, S. George; Frey, Robert W.; Bromley, Richard G. (1988). "The ichnotaxonomy of Conostichus and other plug-shaped ichnofossils". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 25 (6): 866–892. doi:10.1139/e88-085.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Alpert, Stephen P. (1973). "Bergaueria Prantl (Cambrian and Ordovician), a Probable Actinian Trace Fossil". Journal of Paleontology. 47 (5): 919–924. JSTOR 1303074.
- ^ 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. Bibcode:2023Gbio...21..435C. doi:10.1111/gbi.12550. PMID 36815223. S2CID 257102048.
- ^ Jensen, Sören; Bergström, Jan (2000). "Cheiichnus gothicus igen. et isp. n., a new Bergaueria-like arthropod trace fossil from the Lower Cambrian of Västergötland, Sweden". GFF. 122 (3): 293–296. Bibcode:2000GFF...122..293J. doi:10.1080/11035890001223293. S2CID 128602473.
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