Marine and terrestrial invertebrate borings and fungal damage in Paleogene fossil woods from Seymour Island, Antarctica

• Main Author: McLoughlin, Stephen
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2020
• Subjects: Microbiology; FOS Biological sciences; Genetics; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marine Biology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Seymour; Seymour Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12852780.v1; https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Marine_and_terrestrial_invertebrate_borings_and_fungal_damage_in_Paleogene_fossil_woods_from_Seymour_Island_Antarctica/12852780/1

An assemblage of permineralized conifer and angiosperm woods collected from Paleogene marine strata on Seymour Island during the Swedish Antarctic expedition of 1901–1903 includes many specimens with internal damage caused by an array of xylophagous organisms. Short, broad, clavate borings referable...