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
R. arbiglandensis (Smith, 1910) R. caudata Voigt, 1967 R. caveata (Tomlinson, 1963) R. cragini Schlaudt & 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. lecointrei de Saint-Seine, 1951 R. linii (Hyde, 1953) R. mathieui de Saint-Seine, 1955 R. oostoma (Seguenza, 1879) R. pattei (de Saint-Seine, 1955) R. polonica (Bałuk & Radwański, 1991) R. sacculus (Mägdefrau, 1937)
Synonyms
Seminolithes Hyde, 1953 Zapfella de Saint-Seine, 1954 Brachyzapfes Codez in Codez & de Saint-Seine, 1958 Simonizapfes Codez 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 (Seilacher, 1969; Lambers and Boekschoten, 1986). They are known in the fossil record as borings in carbonate substrates (shells and hardgrounds) from the Devonian to the Recent (Taylor and Wilson, 2003).

References

• Lambers, P., Boekschoten, G.J. (1986). "On fossil and recent borings produced by acrothoracic cirripeds". Geologie en Mijnbouw. 65: 257–268.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Seilacher, A. (1969). "Paleoecology of boring barnacles". American Zoologist. 9 (3): 705–719. doi:10.1093/icb/9.3.705.
• 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)