Rogerella

Rogerella
Rogerella elliptica borings in a Middle Jurassic (Callovian) crinoid stem (Matmor Formation, southern Israel).
Trace fossil classification
Ichnofamily:	† Rogerellidae
Ichnogenus:	† Rogerella de Saint-Seine, 1951
Type ichnospecies
Rogerella lecointrei de Saint-Seine, 1951
Ichnospecies [1]
R. arbiglandensis(Smith, 1910) R. caudataVoigt, 1967 R. caveata(Tomlinson, 1963) R. craginiSchlaudt & 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. lecointreide Saint-Seine, 1951 R. linii(Hyde, 1953) R. mathieuide Saint-Seine, 1955 R. oostoma(Seguenza, 1879) R. pattei(de Saint-Seine, 1955) R. polonica(Bałuk & Radwański, 1991) R. sacculus(Mägdefrau, 1937)
Synonyms [1]
SeminolithesHyde, 1953 Zapfellade Saint-Seine, 1954 BrachyzapfesCodez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958 SimonizapfesCodez 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]

References

1. Wisshak, M.; Knaust, D.; Bertling, M. (2019). "Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list". Facies. 65 (2): 24. doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8.
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.
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.