Fossil remains of a cave tube worm (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) in an ancient cave in Slovenia

0145124 - GLU-S 20013074 RIV BR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Mihevc, A. - Sket, B. - Pruner, Petr - Bosák, Pavel
Fossil remains of a cave tube worm (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) in an ancient cave in Slovenia.
Proceedings. 13th International Congress of Speleology. 4th Speleological Congress of Latin America and the Caribbean. 26th Brazilian Congress of Speleology. Brasilia: Federatia Espeleological de America Latina, 2001, s. -.
[International Congress of Speleology /13./, Speleological Congress of Latin America and the Caribbean /4./, Brazilian Congress of Speleology /26./. Brasilia (BR), 15.07.2001-22.07.2001]
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KSK3046108; GA MŠMT ME 251
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z3013912
Keywords : cave sediments * palaeomagnetism * Slovenia
Subject RIV: DB - Geology ; Mineralogy

Calcareous tubes, machting those of the modern cave tube worm Marifugia cavatica Absolon and Hrabe (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) in shape and dimensions, were found attached to the wall of a fossilised cave on the Kras plateau, W Slovenia. The exact datation would give the first direct data about the minimum "cave age" of an animal species. Paleomagnetic datation of the sediment fill shows minimal possible age of 1,7 Ma which is in accordance with the geomorphological observations.
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