Trypanites

"Trypanites" is a narrow, cylindrical, unbranched boring which is one of the most common trace fossils in hard substrates such as rocks, carbonate hardgrounds and shells (Bromley, 1972). It appears first in the Lower Cambrian (James et al., 1977), was very prominent in the Ordovician Bioerosion Revolution (Wilson and Palmer, 2006), and is still commonly formed today. "Trypanites" is almost always found in calcareous substrates, most likely because the excavating organism used an acid or other chemical agent to dissolve the calcium carbonate (Taylor and Wilson, 2003).

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External links

* [http://www.envs.emory.edu/faculty/MARTIN/ichnology/Trypanites.htm "Trypanites" images]
* [http://www.wooster.edu/geology/Bioerosion/Bioerosion.html Bioerosion Website] at The College of Wooster
* [http://www.wooster.edu/geology/bioerosion/BioerosionBiblio.pdf Comprehensive bioerosion bibliography]