Species

Osteocallis mandibulus Roberts, Rogers et Foreman 2007

Taxon description

Cunha et al., 2024

Diagnosis.—Shallow, meandering trail of arcuate grooves (apparently paired) bored into external (cortical) bone surfaces. Occurs as single trails or network of randomly overlapping trails

Synonymy list
2007     Osteocallis mandibulus new ichnospecies — Roberts et al. , pp. 204, fig. 4, Tab, 2,3
2016     Osteocallis mandibulus — Paes Neto et al. , pp. 38, fig. 5D
2023     Osteocallis mandibulus Roberts et al., 2007 — Trifilio et al. , pp. 16, fig. Fig. 10A-C
2024     Osteocallis mandibulus Roberts et al., 2007 — Cunha et al. , pp. 7, fig. 4A, B, 5A, B, E
Selection of related publications
Roberts, E. M., Rogers, R. R., Foreman, B. Z. 2007. Continental insect borings in dinosaur bone: Examples from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar and Utah. Journal of Paleontology 81, 1, 201–208. DOI:10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[201:CIBIDB]2.0.CO;2
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyCircolitidae
GenusOsteocallis
Speciesinfestans
leonardii
mandibulus
References based on distribution