Genus
Granulohyalichnus McLoughlin, Furnes, Banerjee, Muehlenbachs, et Staudigel, 2009
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Microboring; substrate siliceous; tracemaker bacterium
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.64. Globular to spherical borings.
Knaust, 2012a
Unbranched, spheroidal
McLoughlin et al., 2009
Diagnosis. Spherical structures found along fractures, on vesicle walls and around the margins of volcanic glass fragments. Occur as isolated granules, or irregular clusters of granules that can coalesce to form bands of granular textures.
Selection of related publications
McLoughlin, N., Furnes, H., Banerjee, N. R., Muehlenbachs, K., Staudigel, H. 2009. Ichnotaxonomy of microbial trace fossils in volcanic glass. Journal of the Geological Society 166, 1, 159-169. DOI:10.1144/0016-76492008-049
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Planobolidae |
| Genus | Cavernula |
| Cyclopuncta | |
| Granulohyalichnus | |
| Species | vulgaris |
| Genus | Planobola |
References based on distribution
- McLoughlin et al., 2009 Archean