Genus
Linichnus Jacobsen et Bromley, 2009
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Predation; substrate osteic; tracemaker vertebrate
Jacobsen & Bromley, 2009
Diagnosis: Single elongated groove of biogenic origin on skeletal material (e.g., bones, teeth). The groove, U-or V-shaped in transverse section, may only affect the surface of the bone, or bone-fibres may be cut through, recurved or brocen within the groove. The groove has serrated morphology.
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Machichnidae |
Genus | Knethichnus |
Linichnus | |
Species | bromleyi |
serratus | |
Genus | Machichnus |
Mandaodonites | |
Nihilichnus |