Genus
Apectoichnus Donovan, 2018
Taxon description
Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)
Emended diagnosis.—Elongate borings in xylic substrata and associated resins, nearly circular in cross section, with an approximately constant diameter. Borings are straight to sinuous or contorted and intertwined and predominantly occur parallel to the fibers of xylic substrata (modified from Donovan, 2018; Mayoral et al., 2020).
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate
Selection of related publications
Knaust, D., Schnick, H. 2024. Trace fossils from the Maastrichtian chalk of the Isle of Rügen, north-east Germany. Geologie en Mijnbouw 103, DOI:10.1017/njg.2024.6
Kelly, S. R. A., Bromley, R. G. 1984. Ichnological nomenclature of clavate borings. Palaeontology 27, 4, 793-807.
List of species
1. Apectoichnus lignummasticans Melnyk et al., 2020 | Albian
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Gastrochaenolitidae |
| Genus | Apectoichnus |
| Species | lignummasticans |
| longissimus | |
| Genus | Clavichnus |
| Gastrochaenolites | |
| Palaeosabella | |
| Phrixichnus | |
| Teredolites |