Family

Oichnidae Wisshak, Knaust et Bertling, 2019

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Diagnosis: Complete circular penetrations or sets thereof in biogenic hard substrates, in some cases surrounded by shallow etchings.

Ethological category: Praedichnia (predation traces; but also in xylic seeds), occasionally combined with fxichnia (attachment traces).

Aiheeseen liittyvät julkaisut
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Trifilio, L. H. M. D. S., de Araújo Júnior, H. I., Porpino, K. D. O. 2023. The paleoichnofauna in bones of Brazilian Quaternary cave deposits and the proposition of two new ichnotaxa. Ichnos 30, 3, 207-234. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2023.2271125
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Luokittelu
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyBelichnidae
Centrichnidae
Circolitidae
Dendrinidae
Entobiaidae
Gastrochaenolitidae
Gnathichnidae
Ichnoreticulinidae
Machichnidae
Oichnidae
GenusDipatulichnus
Glirotremmorpha
Gunnellichnus
Kardopomorphos
Lamniporichnus
Loxolenichnus
Oichnus
Stellatichnus
FamilyOsteichnidae
Planobolidae
Podichnidae
Radixichnidae
Renichnidae
Rogerellidae
Saccomorphidae
Talpinidae
Trypanitidae
GenusAggregatella
Anellusichnus
Archaeomycelites
Asteriastoma
Balticapunctum
Bascomella
Bothrioichnus
Brachyzapfes
Calciroda
Chaetophorites
Cicatricula
Clionites
Clionoida
Clionoides
Conchifora
Conchotrema
Cylindricavus
Cylindrocavites
Dekosichnus
Dendrorete
Fascichnus
Fasciculus
Fossichnus
Gaspeichnus
Globodendrina
Granarborus
Graysonia
Haguenowia
Hemicanalis
Hyellomorpha
Immergentia
Iranichnus
Karethraichnus
Kleithrichnus
Leptichnus
Mandibulichnus
Marcusopora
Martesites
Megascolytinus
Microptychoites
Moniopterus
Munitusichnus
Mycelites
Mycobystrovia
Myzostomites
Nygmites
Olkenbachia
Orbignyopora
Osedacoides
Osspecus
Ostreoblabe
Palaeachlya
Palaeoconchocelis
Palaeopede
Paleoipidus
Paleolithophaga
Paleolithopholas
Patellichnus
Pennatichnus
Pinaceocladichnus
Platydendrina
Pluriramosus
Polydorichnus
Polyphagichnium
Radiarites
Ramodendrina
Ramosulcichnus
Repentella
Reticulina
Roderosignus
Ropalonaria
Santichnus
Scolecia
Scolytolarvariumichnus
Sedilichnus
Semidendrina
Seminolithes
Simonizapfes
Spathipora
Specus
Spiracavites
Stellichnus
Stichus
Sulcolithos
Sulculites
Tarrichnium
Terebripora
Thatchtelithichnus
Topsentopsis
Uniglobites
Vermiforichnus
Vestigichnus
Violinichnus
Voigtella
Xylokrypta
Zapfella
SpeciesCunicularis isodiametricus
Palaeoperone