A fossil record full of holes: The Phanerozoic history of drilling predation

Research Article| December 01, 1998 A fossil record full of holes: The Phanerozoic history of drilling predation Michal Kowalewski; Michal Kowalewski 1Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warsaw, Poland Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Alfréd Dulai; Alfréd Dulai 2Department of Geology and Paleontology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Pf. 137, H-1431 Budapest, Hungary Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Franz T. Fürsich Franz T. Fürsich 3Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Würzburg, Pleicherwall 1, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Michal Kowalewski 1Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, PL-00-818 Warsaw, Poland Alfréd Dulai 2Department of Geology and Paleontology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Pf. 137, H-1431 Budapest, Hungary Franz T. Fürsich 3Institut für Paläontologie, Universität Würzburg, Pleicherwall 1, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany Publisher: Geological Society of America First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2682 Print ISSN: 0091-7613 Geological Society of America Geology (1998) 26 (12): 1091–1094. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1091:AFRFOH>2.3.CO;2 Article history First Online: 02 Jun 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation Michal Kowalewski, Alfréd Dulai, Franz T. Fürsich; A fossil record full of holes: The Phanerozoic history of drilling predation. Geology 1998;; 26 (12): 1091–1094. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<1091:AFRFOH>2.3.CO;2 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGeology Search Advanced Search Abstract The evolutionary history of drilling predation, despite a long and rich fossil record (Precambrian–Holocene), contains a 120 m.y. gap (Late Triassic–Early Cretaceous). Drilled bivalve and brachiopod shells from Jurassic deposits of Hungary, India, and four localities documented in the literature indicate that drillers may have existed continuously throughout the Mesozoic. They may have been descendants of Paleozoic predators, unknown Mesozoic carnivores, or precursors of modern drillers. A literature database suggests three major phases in the Phanerozoic history of drilling predators: (1) the Paleozoic phase (latest Precambrian–Carboniferous) dominated by rare to moderately frequent drillings in brachiopods and sessile echinoderms; (2) the Mesozoic phase (Permian–Early Cretaceous) with very rare, or even facultative, drillers that had little impact on marine benthic communities, but nevertheless may have been present continuously; and (3) the Cenozoic phase (Late Cretaceous –Holocene) dominated by frequent gastropod drillings in mollusks. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.