Genus

Lapispecus Voight, 1970

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.61. Winding borings.

Knaust, 2012a

Unbranched, winding.

Wisshak et al., 2017b

Emended diagnosis: Long, cylindrical tunnels in lithic calcareous substrates, penetrating the substrate either twinelike in narrow windings or in wider ribbons, depending on available space. Occasionally a vane is developed between the concave side of the tunnels, whereas, more commonly, a narrow and distinct vane runs along most parts of the tunnel, connecting it to the substrate surface.

Bromley, 2004a

Ichnogenus Lapispecus is a winding, cylindrical boring. It differs from Trypanites in having a short, lateral vane extending along it locally,especially on the inside of curves (Voigt 1970, 1971; Bromley 1972).

Selection of related publications
Breton, G., Jäger, M., Kocí, T. 2020. The sclerobionts of the Bajocian Oolithe ˇferrugineuse de Bayeux Formation from Calvados (Paris Basin, Normandy, France). Annales de Paléontologie 106, 102361. DOI:10.1016/j.annpal.2019.07.002
Wisshak, M., Titschak, J., Kahl, W.-A., Girod, P. 2017. Classical and new bioerosion trace fossils in Cretaceous belemnite guards characterised via micro-CT. Fossil Record 20, 2, 173-199. DOI:10.5194/fr-20-173-2017
Radtke, G. 1991. Die mikroendolithischen Spurenfossilien im Alt-Tertiär West-Europas und ihre palökologische Bedeutung. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 138, 1-185.
Bromley, R. G., D'Alessandro, A. 1987. Bioerosion of the Plio-Pleistocene transgression of southern Italy. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 93, 379-442.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyTalpinidae
GenusBivium
Cunctichnus
Cycalichnus
Ipites
Lapispecus
Speciescuniculus
hastatus
GenusPaleoscolytus
Pectichnus
Talpina
Xylonichnus
References based on distribution