Genus
Cycalichnus Genise, 1995
Taxon description
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate
Genise, 1995
Diagnosis: A boxwork of anostomosed longitudinalborings interconnected by short tangential ones in the pithof a cycad stem. Borings are 1 to 3 mm wide, they have noouter layer and most of them are filled with compactmasses of excrement. Some borings contain individualfecal pellets having hexagonal cross-sections.
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.71. Non-camerate boxwork borings.
Knaust, 2012a
Branched, boxwork.
Klassificering
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Talpinidae |
Genus | Cunctichnus |
Cycalichnus | |
Species | garciorum |
Genus | Ipites |
Lapispecus | |
Paleoscolytus | |
Talpina | |
Xylonichnus |