Ichnofossils
Genus

Osprioneides Beuck et Wisshak, 2008

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Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.60. Borings with elliptical to sub-rectangular cross sections.

Knaust, 2012a

Unbranched, cylindrical.

Beuck et al., 2008a

Diagnosis. Unbranched, elongate boring in lithic substrate with oval cross−section, single−entrance and straight, curved or irregular course.

Selection of related publications
Vinn, O., Wilson, M. A., Mõtus, M. 2014. The Earliest Giant Osprioneides Borings from the Sandbian (Late Ordovician) of Estonia. PLOS ONE 9, 6, 1-6. Public Library of Science (PLoS). DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0099455
Vinn, O., Wilson, M. A. 2010. Occurrence of Giant Borings of Osprioneides kampto in the Lower Silurian (Sheinwoodian) Stromatoporoids of Saaremaa, Estonia. Ichnos 17, 3, 166-171. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2010.502478
Beuck, L., Wisshak, M., Munnecke, A., Freiwald, A. 2008. A Giant Boring in a Silurian Stromatoporoid Analysed by Computer Tomography. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53, 1, 149-160. DOI:10.4202/app.2008.0111
List of species
1. Osprioneides kampto Beuck et Wisshak, 2008 | Haljala StageSilurian
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References based on distribution