Analysis of Mineral Segregation in<i>Euzonus mucronata</i>Burrow Structures: One Possible Method Used in the Construction of Ancient<i>Macaronichnus segregates</i>
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Abstract
Mineralogical segregation of sand grains distinguishes the trace fossil Macaronichnus segregatis, which is composed of a felsic burrow infill with a mafic-and mica-rich burrow mantle. This study focuses on determining the mechanism by which M. segregatis trace-makers segregated mineral grains during deposit feeding. A modern opheliid polychaete, Euzonus mucronata, from Pachena Bay, Vancouver Island (Canada), was examined to explain the activities of their ancient counterparts. Microscopic videotaping of deposit feeding allowed for collection of data on ingestion and excretion through visual grain counts of felsic, mafic, and shell components. Normalization of these grain counts to the composition of the host sediment illustrates preferential ingestion of felsic grains over mafic. Shell fragments were generally avoided and visually mantled the burrows, obscuring the paucity of mafic grains in burrow infills. The avoidance of shell fragments is potentially a function of the large grain size, angular shape, surface texture, and/or associated low nutritive value. The preferential ingestion of felsic grains is attributed to en masse feeding in felsic-rich locales identified through sediment probing. This form of mineral segregation likely reflects the specific nature of the sediment and worm population. Accordingly, en mass deposit feeding in selected felsic-rich localities is one possible mechanism used in the construction of Macaronichnus segregatis and M. segregatis-like structures.
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