Genus
Munitusichnus Parkinson, 2016
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Macroboring; substrate osteic; tracemaker invertebrate
Parkinson, 2016
Diagnosis: A main circular boring penetrating cortical bone at an acute oblique angle relative to the bone surface, with a lateral crescent shaped boring that partly surrounds the main boring (Figs. 2A, 3B–D).
Selection of related publications
Trifilio, L. H. M. D. S., de Araújo Júnior, H. I., Porpino, K. D. O. 2023. The paleoichnofauna in bones of Brazilian Quaternary cave deposits and the proposition of two new ichnotaxa. Ichnos 30, 3, 207-234. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2023.2271125
Parkinson, A. H. 2016. Traces of Insect Activity at Cooper's D Fossil Site (Cradle of Humankind, South Africa). Ichnos 23, 3-4, 322-339. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2016.1202685
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Talpinidae |
| Genus | Bivium |
| Cunctichnus | |
| Cycalichnus | |
| Foggara | |
| Ipites | |
| Lapispecus | |
| Munitusichnus | |
| Species | pascens |
| Genus | Paleoscolytus |
| Pectichnus | |
| Talpina | |
| Xylonichnus |
References based on distribution
- Trifilio et al., 2023
- Parkinson, 2016 Pliocene