Genus

Gnathichnus Bromley, 1975

Taxon description

Grazing; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Category of architectural design: 2.79. Groove bioerosion traces.

Unbranched, stellate.

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.

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