Genus

Spirichnus Fürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Fürsich et al., 1994

Diagnosis: Spirally-coiled cylindrical spiral borings.

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.73. Spiral borings.

Knaust, 2012a

Branched, spiral.

Fürsich et al., 1994

Diagnosis. Cylindrical, irregularly spirally-coiled borings of 0.5mm in diameter, branching at highly irregular intervals.

Selection of related publications
Fürsich, F. T., Palmer, T. J., Goodyear, K. L. 1994. Growth and disintegration of bivalve-dominated patch reefs in the Upper Jurassic of southern England. Palaeontology 37, 1, 131-171.