Species

Xylokrypta durossi Tapanila et Roberts, 2012

Taxon description

Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)

Diagnosis/description: Kidney-shaped borings with apertures oriented perpendicular to wood surface.

Tapanila & Roberts, 2012

Diagnosos: Xylokrypta durossi is a curved, roughly U-shaped, boring having two widely-spaced, circular cylindrical shafts that connect below the wood surface to a kidney-shaped chamber. All margins of the boring are sharp, cross-cutting the xylem tissues with minor
deformation. The boring penetrates 10–14 mm deep, enough to
maintain a 1–2 mm ‘roof’ of xylem above the chamber.

Synonymy list
2012     Xylokrypta durossi isp. nov. — Tapanila & Roberts , pp. 3, fig. 2-4
2020     Xylokrypta durossi Tapanila and Roberts, 2012 — Melnyk et al. , fig. Tab. 1. Tracemaker: Suborder Archostemata
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
GenusXylokrypta
Speciesdurossi