Species

Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf , 2006

Taxon description

Schlirf, 2006a

Diagnosis: Smooth, test-tube shaped, unbranched, slightly kink-bent, cylindrical structures, with circular openings and hemispherical terminations, dominantly perpendicular to the grain of the woody substrate and parallel to each other. Fill massive.

Description: Smooth, unbranched, slightly kink-bent, cylindrical borings, with circular openings and hemispherical terminations. Preserved as full relief in a completely weathered sphenophyte stem fragment. Orientation perpendicular to oblique to the grain of the woody substrate. Length: 4–16 mm; width: 2–4 mm.

Synonymy list
2006     Linckichnus terebrans n. gen et sp. — Schlirf , pp. 278, fig. Fig. 2, 3
2008     Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf, 2008 — Pieńkowski & Niedźwiedzki , pp. 124, fig. 13:3
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyTrypanitidae
GenusLinckichnus
Speciesterebrans