{"title":"Small round holes","authors":"Stephen K. Donovan","doi":"10.1111/gto.12509","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>Small round holes in shells—the trace fossil <i>Oichnus</i> Bromley—range throughout the Phanerozoic and were doubtless the spoor of diverse invertebrates. Their function may have been predatory, parasitic or a domicile, but how do we tell which from the fossil evidence?</p>","PeriodicalId":100581,"journal":{"name":"Geology Today","volume":"41 2","pages":"65-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geology Today","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gto.12509","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Small round holes in shells—the trace fossil Oichnus Bromley—range throughout the Phanerozoic and were doubtless the spoor of diverse invertebrates. Their function may have been predatory, parasitic or a domicile, but how do we tell which from the fossil evidence?