Hello, Larry.
No details of single tube can be seen from the photo, but I guess that most
probably this colony represents a species of serpulid genus *Hydroides, *or,
less probably, *Serpula*, which can form similar things in Recent
environments.
Species is not clear, may be even not described, as there are virtually no
serpulid descriptions of particularly this age&territory in literature.
Respect,
Alexei
2014-09-18 23:48 GMT+04:00 Lovell, Larry <LLovell from lacsd.org>:
> Hello wormers,
>> Any thoughts on the makers of these fossils in the photos? Serpulidae is
> highly likely, but anything more specific to suggest? Scroll down for
> specific info on the collecting locality and timeframe. We have Salmacina
> tribranchiata colonies locally, that are much smaller in size.
>> Cheers,
>> Larry
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>> “What’s the use in their having names,” the Gnat said, “if they won’t
> answer to them?”
>> “No use to them,” said Alice: “but it’s useful to the people who name
> them, I suppose.”
>>> - Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
>>>> From: General_Topics [mailto:
>general_topics-bounces from discussion.list.scamit.org] On Behalf Of Enright,
> Wendy
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:22 AM
> To: general_topics from discussion.list.scamit.org> Cc: cpowell from usgs.gov> Subject: [General_Topics] FW: worm tubes
>> Hello All!
>> I received this interesting photo today. Can anyone provide some
> information? Both worms and paleontology are outside of my expertise!
>> Thanks so much!
> Wendy
>> From: Powell, Charles [mailto:cpowell from usgs.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:03 AM
> To: Enright, Wendy; james walker
> Subject: worm tubes
>> Hi Wendy,
>> I was wondering if you or someone down there could help me. It has to do
> with worms not mollusks and the only people I know working with worms are
> there and at LACM.
>> I was out at Calaveras Reservoir in the east SF Bay area yesterday looking
> at the fossil they've been collecting. One thing I was shown (by Jim
> Walker the paleontologists out there) really interests me and Jim are the
> domes of worm tubes (see attached). They run from about a quarter to half
> meter across, the tubes in the lower portion seem to run perpendicular to
> the outer layer. Also tubes in the outer layer have a rounded top. These
> appear to be transported and laying on their side compared to bedding.
> Have you ever seen or heard of anything like this? Its a new one on me and
> I think it needs to be written up.
>> These worms are in middle Miocene rocks assigned to the "Temblor"
> Formation.
>> Thanks for you help.
>> Best,
>> Chuck
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