Species

Brutalichnus brutalis Mikuláš, Kadlecová, Fejfar et Dvořák, 2006

Taxon description

Mikuláš et al., 2006

Diagnosis: Straight to arcuate lines on bones composed of cortical bone and cancellous bone made by breaking the cortical bone into its internal part. Ratio (width of the line)/(length of the line) ranges from 0.2 to 0.4.

Synonymy list

2006 Brutalichnus brutalis n. isp. — Mikuláš, Kadlecová, Fejfar & Dvořák , pp. 125, fig. 10A

2016 Brutalichnus brutalis — Wiest, Esker & Driese , pp. 599, fig. 5

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	Brutalichnus
Species	brutalis

References based on distribution

Mikuláš et al., 2006 Merkur North opencast mine Burdigalian