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Paleoecology of commensal epizoans fouling Flexicalymene (Trilobita) from the Upper Ordovician, Cincinnati Arch region, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Marcus M. Key Jr. ,
Gregory A. Schumacher ,
Loren E. Babcock ,
Robert C. Frey ,
William P. Heimbrock ,
Stephen H. Felton ,
Dan L. Cooper ,
Walter B. Gibson ,
Debbie G. Scheid  and
Sylvester A. Schumacher
Marcus M. Key Jr.
Affiliation:
1Department of Earth Sciences, Dickinson College, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013-2896, USA,
Gregory A. Schumacher
Affiliation:
2Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological Survey, 3307 South Old State Road, Delaware, Ohio 43015, USA
Loren E. Babcock
Affiliation:
3School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 125 South Oval Mall, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Robert C. Frey
Affiliation:
4Ohio Department of Health, Bureau of Environmental Health, 246 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, USA
William P. Heimbrock
Affiliation:
51621 Westwood Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45214, USA
Stephen H. Felton
Affiliation:
65678 Biscayne Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45248, USA
Dan L. Cooper
Affiliation:
75170 Dee Alva Drive, Fairfield, Ohio 45014, USA
Walter B. Gibson
Affiliation:
810047 Lakeside Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45231, USA
Debbie G. Scheid
Affiliation:
92863 Hanois Court, Cincinnati, Ohio 45251, USA
Sylvester A. Schumacher
Affiliation:
103532 Glaser Drive, Kettering, Ohio 45429, USA
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Abstract

Commensal epizoozoans and episkeletozoans are rarely preserved attached to the external exoskeleton of the Late Ordovician trilobite Flexicalymene. Of nearly 15,000 Flexicalymene specimens examined, 0.1% show epizoozoans or episkeletozoans. Factors limiting Flexicalymene fouling include a shallow burrowing life style, frequent molting of the host, larval preference for other substrates, observational bias caused by overlooking small fouling organisms, and the loss of the non-calcified, outermost cuticle prior to fossilization or as the trilobite weathers from the encasing sediment. Trepostome bryozoans, articulate and inarticulate brachiopods, cornulitids, and a tube-dwelling/boring nonbiomineralized organism represent the preserved members of the Late Ordovician marine hard substrate community fouling Flexicalymene. This assemblage of organisms is less diverse than the hard substrate community fouling Late Ordovician sessile epibenthic organisms. Fouling is not restricted to only large Flexicalymene specimens as observed in previous studies but occurs in medium to large individuals interpreted as early to late holaspid specimens.

Epizoozoans fouling the carcasses or molt ensembles of 16 Flexicalymene specimens provide insight into the life habits of the host and these fouling organisms. Trepostome bryozoans, articulate and inarticulate brachiopods, and cornulitids preferentially attached to elevated portions of the dorsal exoskeleton, and preferentially aligned in either the direct line or lee side of currents generated by Flexicalymene walking on the sea floor or swimming through the water column.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 84 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 1121 - 1134
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