Genus

Cycalichnus Genise, 1995

Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Xylonichnus

Taxon ID: 16384

Fossil group: Ichnofossils

Belongs to: Talpinidae

Other version of taxon: Xylonichnus

Stratigraphic range: Cretaceous (within ca. 145.0 – 66.0 million years)

Baltoscandian species (in database):

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate

Diagnosis: A boxwork of anostomosed longitudinalborings interconnected by short tangential ones in the pithof a cycad stem. Borings are 1 to 3 mm wide, they have noouter layer and most of them are filled with compactmasses of excrement. Some borings contain individualfecal pellets having hexagonal cross-sections.

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.71. Non-camerate boxwork borings.

Knaust, 2012a

Branched, boxwork.

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Talpinidae
Genus	Bivium
	Cunctichnus
	Cycalichnus
	Ipites
	Lapispecus
	Paleoscolytus
	Pectichnus
	Talpina
	Xylonichnus