Genus
Belichnus Pether, 1995
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Predation; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.66. Clavate-shaped borings.
Knaust, 2012a
Unbranched, clavate.
Pether, 1995
Diagnosis.—Small, irregular, subcircular holes generally less than 2.5 mm in maximum diameter in hard substrata such as molluscan shells, that extend into jaggedly conical, outwardly flaring spalls of broken-out material, evidencing forceful, pointed impact,
Selection of related publications
Cadée, G. C.. de Wolf, P. 2013. Belichnus traces produced on shells of the bivalve Lutraria lutraria by gulls. Ichnos 20, 1, DOI:10.1080/10420940.2012.756813
Keupp, H. 2006. Sublethal punctures in body chambers of Mesozoic ammonites (forma aegra fenestra n. f.), a tool to interpret synecological relationships, particularly predator-prey interactions. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 80, 2, 112-123. DOI:10.1007/BF02988971
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Belichnidae |
| Genus | Belichnus |
| Species | dusos |
| monos | |
| Genus | Bicrescomanducator |
| Caedichnus |
References based on distribution
- Keupp, 2006 Oxfordian
- Cadée & de Wolf, 2013 Recent