Genus

Bicrescomanducator Donovan, Paul, Andrew et Howe, 2010

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

Unvranched, irregular-subcrescentic.

Andrew et al., 2010

Diagnosis. An irregular-shaped patch, commonly subcrescentic, missing from a substrate and extending onto both sides. Damage asymmetrical, commonly extending further on one side than on the other side. Almost invariably occurs singly.

Selection of related publications
Zamora, S., Mayoral, E., Esteve, J., Gámez Vintaned, J., Santos, A. 2011. Exoskeletal abnormalities in paradoxidid trilobites from the Cambrian of Spain, and a new type of bite trace. Bulletin of Geosciences 86, 3, 665-673. DOI:10.3140/bull.geosci.1275
Andrew, C., Howe, P., Paul, C. R. C., Donovan, S. K. 2010. Fatally bitten ammonites from the lower Lias Group (Lower Jurassic) of Lyme Regis, Dorset. Proceedings Yorkshire Geological Society 58, 2, 81-94. DOI:10.1144/pygs.58.1.276
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyBelichnidae
GenusBelichnus
Bicrescomanducator
Speciesrolli
serratus
GenusCaedichnus