Genus
Aurimorpha Wisshak, Seuß et Nützel, 2008
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Microboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker unknown
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.65. Pouch borings.
Knaust, 2012a
Unbranched, pouches.
Wisshak et al., 2008
Diagnosis: Ear- to tongue-shaped flat microboring cavities, widening but not thickening from an sub-circular to elongate area of entry and entering the substrate obliquely to perpendicular.
Selection of related publications
Molinu, A. R., Domènech, R., Martinell, J. 2015. Microendoliths in Lower Pliocene Oysters from the Alt Empordà Basin, NW Mediterranean: Paleoenvironmental Inferences. Ichnos 22, 2, 77-86. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2015.1030071
Wisshak, M., Seuß, M., Nützel, A. 2008. Evolutionary implications of an exceptionally preserved Carboniferous microboring assemblage in the Buckhorn Asphalt lagerstätte (Oklahoma, USA). Current Developments in Bioerosion, pp. 21-54. Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0_2
Klassificering
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Rogerellidae |
| Genus | Aurimorpha |
| Species | varia |
| Genus | Cubiculum |
| Cuenulites | |
| Cuniculichnus | |
| Petroxestes | |
| Rogerella | |
| Sanctum | |
| Umbichnus |
References based on distribution
- Wisshak et al., 2008 Moscovian
- Molinu et al., 2015