Ichnofossils
Genus

Circolites Mikulaš, 1992

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.63. Circular holes and pit-shaped borings.

Knaust, 2012a

Unbranched, circular.

Mikuláš, 1992b

Diagnosis: -Shallow. roughly circular pits in carbonate substrates. The peripheral edge of the pit is sharp, the walls of the pit are perpenticular to or overhanging the substrate surface. The edges of some pits are undulated, the pit bottom is moderately concave. The diameter of pit is usually 10-40mm, their depth 3-10mm. The pits often occur in major groups, in some cases touching one  another.

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