Family
Osteichnidae Höpner et Bertling, 2017
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Diagnosis: Originally defned as ‘non-branched borings in bone substrates irrespective of their orientation’, here revised to: cylindrical borings with fused U-loops.
Ethological category: Domichnia (dwelling traces).
Höpner & Bertling, 2017
Remarks: This new ichnofamily is established in accordance with ICZN (1999, Art. 10.3) with Osteichnus as its type ichnogenus. It comprises all non-branched borings in bone substrates irrespective of their orientation, i.e., it does not include traces of biting or other types of bioerosion.
Selection of related publications
Gaaloul, N., Uchman, A., Ben Ali, S., Janiszewska, K., Stolarski, J., Kołodziej, B., Riahi, S. 2023. In vivo and post-mortem bioerosion traces in solitary corals from the Upper Pliocene deposits of Tunisia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 68, 4, 659–681. DOI:10.4202/app.01095.2023
Uchman, A., Gaigalas, A., Melešyte, M., Kazakauskas, V. 2007. The trace fossil Asthenopodichnium lithuanicum isp. nov. from Late Neogene brown-coal deposits, Lithuania. Geological Quarterly 51, 3, 329-336.
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