Genus
Gnathichnus Bromley, 1975
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Grazing; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.79. Groove bioerosion traces.
Knaust, 2012a
Unbranched, stellate.
Bromley, 1975b
Diagnosis. Biogenic sculpture consisting of grooves, pits and scratches on hard substrates.
Selection of related publications
Toom, U., Vinn, O., Hints, O. 2019. Ordovician and Silurian ichnofossils from carbonate facies in Estonia: A collection-based review. Palaeoworld 28, 1-2, 123-144. DOI:10.1016/j.palwor.2018.07.001
Breton, G., Néraudeau, D., Cuenca-Boulat, C. 1992. Gnathichnus stellarum ichnosp. nov., trace de broutage d’un echinide du Campanien des Charentes (France). Revue de Paleobiologie 11, 1, 219-229.
Bromley, R. G. 1975. Comparative analysis of fossil and recent echinoid bioerosion. Palaeontology 18, 4, 725-739.
List of species
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Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Gnathichnidae |
Genus | Gnathichnus |
Species | pentax |
stellarum | |
Genus | Radulichnus |