Species
Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš, Kadlecová, Fejfar et Dvořák, 2006
Taxon description
LaBarge & Njau, 2024
Emended diagnosis: Roughly triangular, circular, or elliptical holes in vertebrate bone, passing through the cortical bone.
Mikuláš et al., 2006
Diagnosis: Roughly triangular, circular or ovoid holes or external pits, occurring solitarily or in groups, which may show recurring patterns. Outer part of the margin of the cavity shows minute, irregular jags, resulting from a brittle deformation.
Synonymy list
2006 Nichilichnus nihilicus n. isp. — Mikuláš et al. , pp. 119, fig. 6
2016 Nihilichnus nihilicus; Mikuláš et al. 2006). — Wiest et al. , pp. 599, fig. 6F
2022 Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — Mujal et al. , fig. 2A, F; 3A, B, C, D, E, F; 4A, C, G
2023 Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — Trifilio et al. , pp. 13, fig. 8A-B
2023 Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — Zonneveld et al. , pp. 310, fig. 2.1, 2.3
2024 Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — Andrade et al. , pp. 6, fig. 3:a1-a2
2024 Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — LaBarge & Njau , pp. 44-45, fig. 2
Selection of related publications
Mikuláš, R., Kadlecová, E., Fejfar, O., Dvořák, Z. 2006. Three new ichnogenera of biting and gnawing traces on reptilian and mammalian bones: A case study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic. Ichnos 13, 3, 113-127. DOI:10.1080/10420940600850729
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Machichnidae |
| Genus | Nihilichnus |
| Species | clavus |
| covichi | |
| fissuratus | |
| hastarius | |
| mortalis | |
| nihilicus | |
| quadripertitus | |
| sicarius | |
| sulcatus |
References based on distribution
- Mikuláš et al., 2006 Merkur North opencast mine Burdigalian