Ichnofossils
Species

Petroxestes altera Jagt, Neumann et Donovan, 2009

Taxon description

Jagt et al., 2009

Diagnosis. Shallow, elongate boring in calcitic substrate, with narrowly rounded ends; sides parallel, chipped and slightly convex in plan view; rounded bottom in transverse section; length equalling more than three times the maximum width; ornament of irregular shallow grooves, overprinted by much smaller scratches with no preferred orientation.

Type specimen data
holotype : Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht NHMM 2009 010 , , Maastrichtian , Romontbos quarry, province of Liège, Belgium
Synonymy list
2009     Petroxestes altera nov. isp. — Jagt et al. , pp. 138 , fig. Pl. 1
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyRogerellidae
GenusPetroxestes
Speciesaltera
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