Genus

Amphifaoichnus Pirrone et Buatois, 2016

Taxon description

Cunha et al., 2024

Emended diagnosis.—Predominantly horizontal, unbranched, unlined, elongated tubes, circular or subcircular in cross-section, straight or tortuous, located at the interface between bone and sediment, but penetrating the cortical bone tissue and occasionally the trabecular bone tissue; fill consists of both unconsolidated sediment and bone chips; rough texture of the exposed surface (modified from Pirrone and Buatois 2016).

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate osteic; tracemaker invertebrate

Pirrone & Buatois, 2016

Diagnosis: Predominantly horizontal, unbranched, unlined, elongated tubes, circular or subcircular in cross-section, straight or tortuous, located at the interface of bone and sediment, but penetrating the bone cortical tissue; fill consists of both unconsolidated sediment and bone chips; rough texture of the exposed surface.

Aiheeseen liittyvät julkaisut
Pirrone, C. A., Buatois, L. A. 2016. Bioeroded Dinosaur Bones: Novel Signatures of Necrophagous Activity in a Cretaceous Continental Environment. Ichnos 23, 3-4, 340-348. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2016.1178641