Species

Morsichnus bohemicus (Mikuláš, Kadlecová, Fejfar et Dvořák, 2006)

Type specimen data

holotype: ; Ah-1435 SGDB; Merkur North opencast mine; Miocene

Reference:

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. pp. 113-127. DOI:10.1080/10420940600850729

Taxon description

Mikuláš et al., 2006

Diagnosis: Shallow, thin, discrete, parallel to subparallel, smooth-bottomed scratches.The scratches occur in small groups or series of corresponding width and length.

Synonymy list

2006 Machichnus bohemicus n. isp. — Mikuláš, Kadlecová, Fejfar & Dvořák , pp. 123, fig. 9A-I

2017 Machichnus bohemicus Mikuláš et al. (2006) — Araújo-Júnior, Barbosa & Silva , pp. 124, fig. 2

2020 non Machichnus bohemicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — McHugh, Drumheller, Riedel & Kane , fig. 5

2023 Machichnus bohemicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — Trifilio, Araújo Júnior & Porpino , pp. 10, fig. 6A-N

2024 Machichnus bohemicus Mikuláš et al., 2006 — Andrade, Barbosa, Araújo-Júnior, Duque, Peters, Bampi, Nascimento & Oliveira , pp. 5, fig. 3:2a

2025 Machichnus bohemicus Mikuláš et al. (2006) — Hunt & Lucas , pp. 339

2026 Morsichnus (“Machichnus”) bohemicus — Hunt, Lucas & Foster , pp. 362

Selection of related publications

Trifilio, L. H. M. D. S., de Araújo Júnior, H. I., Porpino, K. D. O. 2023. The paleoichnofauna in bones of Brazilian Quaternary cave deposits and the proposition of two new ichnotaxa. Ichnos 30, 3, 207-234. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2023.2271125

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Machichnidae
Genus	Machichnus
Species	bohemicus
	deinodentatus
	fatimae

References based on distribution

Mikuláš et al., 2006 Merkur North opencast mine Burdigalian
Trifilio et al., 2023 Lajedo da Escada, F3 cave Quaternary