Genus

Flosculichnus Donovan et Jagt, 2005

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Attachment; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate?

Donovan & Jagt, 2005a

Diagnosis. Small, shallow, non-penetrative, flower-like embedment structure, with a central, circular pit surrounded by nine scalloped impressions. Scalloped impressions more or less abutting.

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.77. Multiple attachment bioerosion traces.

Selection of related publications
Donovan, S. K., Jagt, J. W. M. 2005. Flosculichnus tectus, an etched attachment scar from the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of The Netherlands. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre 75, 207-210.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyPodichnidae
GenusCircumpodichnus
Finichnus
Flosculichnus
Speciestectus
GenusPodichnus