Ichnofossils
Genus

Cubiculum Roberts, Rogers et Foreman, 2007

Taxon description

Roberts et al., 2007

Diagnosis.Discrete ovoid borings in bone. Hollow, oval chambers with concave flanks bored into inner spongy and outer cortical bone surfaces. Chamber length three to four times greater than diameter. May be isolated, but observed more commonly in dense, sometimes overlapping concentrations. Walls roughened commonly, composed of shallow, arcuate (apparently paired) grooves.

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate osteic; tracemaker invertebrate.

Höpner & Bertling, 2017

Diagnosis (revised): Elongate, straight, or arcuate chambers in bone with steep margins and concave flanks throughout, long axis parallel to substrate surface.

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.65. Pouch borings.

Knaust, 2012a

Unbranched, ovoid.