Classical and new bioerosion trace fossils in Cretaceous belemnite guards characterised via micro-CT

Wisshak, Max; Titschack, Jürgen; Kahl, Wolf-Achim; Girod, Peter

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-173-2017

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-173-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-20-173-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 2

Research article

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17 Jul 2017

Research article |

| 17 Jul 2017

Classical and new bioerosion trace fossils in Cretaceous belemnite guards characterised via micro-CT

Max Wisshak, Jürgen Titschack, Wolf-Achim Kahl, and Peter Girod

Data sets

3D-PDFs and OBJ files of micro-CT scans M. Wisshak, J. Titschack, W.-A. Kahl, and P. Girod https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.875121

Short summary

The ongoing technical revolution in non-destructive 3-D visualisation via micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) finds a valuable application in the studies of bioerosion trace fossils, since their three-dimensional architecture lies hidden within hard substrates. Selected examples of such cases are illustrated by reference to bioerosion trace fossils preserved in Late Cretaceous belemnite guards from the European Chalk Province, including the description of two new trace fossil ichnospecies.