 | Petroxestes Wilson et Palmer, 1988 |
Taxon description
Buatois et al., 2017
2.65. Pouch borings
Knaust, 2012a
Unbranched, groove.
Taylor & Wilson, 2003
Remark: Shallow to deep boring with elongate outline and rounded base.
Wilson & Palmer, 1988
Diagnosis. —Shallow to deep, elongate borings in lithic substrates; rounded ends and parallel, slightly convex, or slightly concave sides in plan view; rounded bottoms in longitudinal and transverse section; sides parallel or slightly divergent down wards in deeper specimens; length up to 30 mm; several times as long as wide.
Selection of related publications
Vinn, O., Wilson, M. A., Toom, U. 2019.
Earliest Petroxestes borings from Sandbian (earliest Late Ordovician) of Northern Estonia. Palaios 34,
10, 453-457. DOI:10.2110/palo.2019.054