Species

Karethraichnus fiale Zonneveld, Bartels, Gunnell et McHugh, 2016

Type specimen data
holotype: University of Alberta ; UA-TF148-1; Honeycomb Buttes; Eocene , Wasatch Formation
Reference:
Zonneveld, J., Bartels, W. S., Gunnell, G. F., McHugh, L. P. 2016. Borings in early Eocene turtle shell from the Wasatch Formation, South Pass, Wyoming. pp. 802-820. DOI:10.1017/jpa.2015.61
Taxon description

Zonneveld et al., 2016

Diagnosis: Circular to subcircular holes bored into a bone substrate. Holes may penetrate fully though the substrate or terminate within the bone. Penetrative holes may have straight or convex vertical margins. Non-penetrative pits terminate within the substrate as a shallow, bowl-shaped pit or as a deeper shaft with a rounded, blunt, or pointed terminus.

Remarks: The observed diameter of Karethraichnus ranges from 0.5 to 8.0 mm with 1 to 5 mm being typical. Karethraichnus bears morphological and size similarities to the ichnogenera Sedilichnus (Müller, 1977), Oichnus (Bromley, 1981), Tremichnus (Brett, 1985), and Fossichnus (Nielsen et al., 2001), which occurs in marine and freshwater invertebrates. Karethraichnus differs in the plasticity of its overall morphology and the nature of the substrate in which the trace occurs.

Synonymy list
2016     Karethraichnus fiale new ichnospecies — Zonneveld et al. , pp. 809, fig. 7.1–7.4, 7.9–7.11
Selection of related publications
Zonneveld, J., Bartels, W. S., Gunnell, G. F., McHugh, L. P. 2016. Borings in early Eocene turtle shell from the Wasatch Formation, South Pass, Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 89, 5, 802-820. DOI:10.1017/jpa.2015.61
Classification
References based on distribution