Family

Dendrinidae Bromley, Wisshak, Glaub et Botquelen, 2007

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Diagnosis: Originally defned as ‘microborings having a rosetted or incompletely rosetted (i.e., fan-shaped) morphology, with or without a central or marginal main chamber’, slightly revised here to: dendritic or rosetted to fan-shaped borings, with or without a central or marginal main chamber.

Ethological category: Domichnia (dwelling traces), fodinichnia? (combined dwelling and feeding traces)

Selection of related publications
Mergl, M. 2020. Dendritic microborings in brachiopod shells from the Silurian of the Barrandian area, Czech Republic. Bulletin of Geosciences 319-332. DOI:10.3140/bull.geosci.1793
Elias, R. J., Lee, D-J. 1993. Microborings and growth in Late Ordovician Halysitids and other corals. Journal of Paleontology 67, 6, 922-934. DOI:10.1017/S0022336000025221
Elias, R. J. 1980. Borings in solitary rugose corals of the Selkirk Member, Red River Formation (late Middle or Upper Ordovician), souther Manitoba. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 17, 2, 272-277. DOI:10.1139/e80-023
List of species
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
Bite marks
FamilyBelichnidae
Centrichnidae
Circolitidae
Dendrinidae
GenusAbeliella
Antodendrina
Calcideletrix
Clionolithes
Dendrina
Dictyoporus
Neodendrina
Nododendrina
Pyrodendrina
Rhopalondendrina
FamilyEntobiaidae
Gastrochaenolitidae
Gnathichnidae
Ichnoreticulinidae
Machichnidae
Oichnidae
Osteichnidae
Planobolidae
Podichnidae
Renichnidae
Rogerellidae
Saccomorphidae
Talpinidae
Trypanitidae
GenusAmphifaoichnus
Anellusichnus
Archaeomycelites
Asteriastoma
Balticapunctum
Bascomella
Bothrioichnus
Brachyzapfes
Calciroda
Chaetophorites
Cicatricula
Clionites
Clionoida
Clionoides
Conchifora
Conchotrema
Curvichnus
Cylindricavus
Cylindrocavites
Dekosichnus
Dendrorete
Diorygma
Endoconchia
Fascichnus
Fasciculus
Feldmannius
Flagrichnus
Foraripora
Fossichnus
Gaspeichnus
Glirotremmorpha
Globodendrina
Granarborus
Graysonia
Haguenowia
Haimeina
Heckerina
Hemicanalis
Heterodontichnites
Hyellomorpha
Ichnogutta
Ichnotorula
Immergentia
Iramena
Karethraichnus
Klemmatoica
Lazaichnus
Leptichnus
Mandibulichnus
Martesites
Megascolytinus
Microptychoites
Moniopterus
Munitusichnus
Mycelites
Mycobystrovia
Myzostomites
Nygmites
Olkenbachia
Orbignyopora
Orthogonum
Osedacoides
Ostreoblabe
Palaeoconchocelis
Palaeopede
Paleoipidus
Paleolithophaga
Paleolithopholas
Patellichnus
Pectichnus
Pennatichnus
Pinaceocladichnus
Platydendrina
Polydorichnus
Radiarites
Ramodendrina
Ramosulcichnus
Repentella
Reticulina
Roderosignus
Ropalonaria
Santichnus
Scolecia
Scolytolarvariumichnus
Sedilichnus
Semidendrina
Seminolithes
Simonizapfes
Spathipora
Specus
Spiracavites
Stellichnus
Stichus
Sulcolithos
Tarrichnium
Terebripora
Tombownichnus
Topsentopsis
Uniglobites
Vermiforichnus
Xylokrypta
Zapfella
SpeciesPalaeoperone