Species

Cubiculum atsintli Serrano-Branas, Espinosa-Chavez et Maccracken, 2018

Taxon description

Serrano-Branas et al., 2018

Diagnosis. Discrete, drop-like chambers bored into cortical and spongy bone, which abruptly taper towards one end. These borings show smooth perpendicular walls to the bone surface, rounded bases and a length – width ratio ranging from 2:1 to 3:1 No bioglyphs or fillings are present. The traces can be isolated but also arranged in small clusters

Synonymy list
2018     Cubiculum atsintli isp. nov. — Serrano-Brañas et al. , pp. 358, fig. 4
2024     Cubiculum atsintli Serrano-Brañas et al., 2018 — Venegas-Gomes et al. , pp. 12
Selection of related publications
Venegas-Gómez, C., Ortega-Flores, B., Estrada-Ruiz, E., Pérez-Crespo, V. A., Aguilar-Arellano, F. J. 2024. Ichnological records associated with dermestid beetles in dinosaur bones from Lala's Place (Maastrichtian), Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico, and their taphonomic implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 147, 105110. DOI:10.1016/j.jsames.2024.105110
Serrano-Branas, C. I., Espinosa-Chavez, B., Maccracken, S. A. 2018. Insect damage in dinosaur bones from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) Coahuila, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 353-365. DOI:10.1016/j. jsames.2018.07.002
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyRogerellidae
GenusCubiculum
Speciesatsintli
cooperi
inornatum
levis
ornatum
subcorticalis
References based on distribution