Species

Xylonichnus garciorum (Genise, 1995)

Taxon description

Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)

Diagnosis/description: Boxwork of anastomosed longitudinal borings; interconnected by short tangential tunnels; lacking outer layer but filled with hexagonal fecal pellets.

Genise, 1995

Diagnosis: A boxwork of anostomosed longitudinal borings interconnected by short tangential ones in the pith of a cycad stem. Borings are 1 to 3 mm wide, they have no outer layer and most of them are filled with compact masses of excrement. Some borings contain individual fecal pellets having hexagonal cross-sections.

Synonymy list
1995     Cycalichnus garciorum n. isp. — Genise , pp. 294, fig. 2D, E; 5
2017     Cycalichnus garciorum Genise 1995 — Genise , pp. 455, fig. 17.8a
2023     Xylonichnus garciorum (Genise, 1995) comb. nov. — Pokorny & Borges , pp. 602
Selection of related publications
Genise, J. F. 1995. Upper Cretaceous trace fossils in permineralized plant remains from Patagonia, Argentina. Ichnos 3, 4, 287-299. DOI:10.1080/10420949509386399
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyTalpinidae
GenusXylonichnus
Speciesgarciorum
meniscatus
trypetus
References based on distribution