Species

Osteocallis infestans Paes Neto, Parkinson, Pretto, Soares, Schwanke, Schultz et Kellner, 2016

Type specimen data

holotype: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul ; UFRGS-PV-1177-T A; Janner outcrop (Agudo area); Carnian

Reference:

Paes Neto, V. D., Parkinson, A. H., Pretto, F. A., Soares, M. B., Schwanke, C., Schultz, C. L., Kellner, A. W. 2016. Oldest evidence of osteophagic behavior by insects from the Triassic of Brazil. pp. 30-41. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.03.026

Taxon description

Cunha et al., 2024

Diagnosis.—Shallow to moderately deep, meandering trail of generally straight overlapping thick grooves excavated into the cortical bone surfaces. Grooves are randomly orientated, often overlapping other grooves which are either perpendicular or parallel to one another. The intensity of the grooves culminates in an irregular furrow-like morphology for the trail.

Synonymy list

2016 Osteocallis infestans new ichnospecies — Paes Neto et al. , pp. 38, fig. 6C

2024 Osteocallis infestans Paes Neto et al., 2016 — Cunha et al. , pp. 10, fig. 4C

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Circolitidae
Genus	Osteocallis
Species	infestans
	leonardii
	mandibulus