Genus
Mandaodonites Cruickshank, 1986
Taxon description
Cruickshank, 1986
Diagnosis. A dentition of conical, variable-sized teeth giving a sigmoidal curve when impressed into a resistant substrate. Each tooth row is at least 16-00 cm long; teeth are inferred to average 6·12 mm in diameter on one row and 7-47 mm in the other. Maxima and minima are 10-5 mm and 3.5 mm. The teeth may occur in triplets, reflecting replacement cycles.
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Predation; substrate osteic; tracemaker vertebrate
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Machichnidae |
Genus | Knethichnus |
Linichnus | |
Machichnus | |
Mandaodonites | |
Species | coxi |
Genus | Nihilichnus |
Piscidenticulus |