Genus

Rhopalondendrina Wisshak, 2017

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Microboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate?

Wisshak, 2017

Diagnosis. Bioerosion trace in calcareous skeletal substrates with a tubular, straight to arcuate entrance tunnel leading to a prostrate plexus of ramifying or anastomosing galleries, forming up to a semicircle to one side of the point of entry.

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