Genus
Circolites Mikulaš, 1992
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.63. Circular holes and pit-shaped borings.
Knaust, 2012a
Unbranched, circular.
Mikuláš, 1992b
Diagnosis: -Shallow. roughly circular pits in carbonate substrates. The peripheral edge of the pit is sharp, the walls of the pit are perpenticular to or overhanging the substrate surface. The edges of some pits are undulated, the pit bottom is moderately concave. The diameter of pit is usually 10-40mm, their depth 3-10mm. The pits often occur in major groups, in some cases touching one another.
Luokittelu
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Circolitidae |
Genus | Circolites |
Species | kotoucensis |
Genus | Ericichnus |
Osteocallis | |
Planavolites |