Bergaueria Prantl, 1945


DESCRIPTION: Vertical, cylindrical to hemispherical, plug-shaped, lined or unlined protrusions in convex hyporelief or as depressions in concave epirelief. May have a central, circular depression, or raised bump at the base and may be surrounded by tubercles or ledgelike constrictions. Fill is massive and unstructured.

BEHAVIOR(S): Domichnia (dwelling).

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Shallow marine to deep marine deposits.

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Sea anemones.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Precambrian-recent.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended: Pemberton et al.,1988, Miller and Knox 1985, Fillion and Pickerill, 1990, Crimes 1992, Uchman 1998, Hammersburg et al. 2018

REMARKS: Morphology may appear similar to Conichnus.