Genus
Loxolenichnus Breton et Wisshak, 2017
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Predation; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate
Breton et al., 2017
Diagnosis: A single or rarely several cylindrical holes, completely cutting through calcareous shelly substrates, surrounded by a circular to elliptical depression with concentrical grooves.
Selection of related publications
Breton, G., Wisshak, M., Néraudeau, D., Morel, N. 2017. Parasitic gastropod bioerosion trace fossil on Cenomanian oysters from Le Mans, France and its ichnologic and taphonomic context. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62, 1, 45–57. DOI:10.4202/app.00304.2016
Neumann, C., Wisshak, M. 2009. Gastropod parasitism on Late Cretaceous to Early Paleocene holasteroid echinoids — Evidence from Oichnus halo isp. n.. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 284, 3-4, 115-119. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.09.010
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Oichnidae |
| Genus | Dipatulichnus |
| Kardopomorphos | |
| Lamniporichnus | |
| Loxolenichnus | |
| Species | halo |
| stellatocinctus | |
| taddei | |
| Genus | Oichnus |
| Stellatichnus |