Species

Sulculites bellus Vialov et Nessov, 1974

Taxon description

Vialov & Nessov, 1974

Diagnosis: Grooves on armours from Fergana have a gently sloping bottom and are from 0,18 to 0,5 mm or a little more wide, but width is usually around 0,3-0,4 mm. Grooves are straight or curved, more often continuous, occasionally intermittent; idividual or forming parallel systems. The groups of parallel grooves can be quite densely located, being oriented in diferent directions. Another common type – is curving and often interwined relatively long grooves. Between these grooves a shorter depressions may be located. Ends of the grooves are either gently narrowed or abruptly cut off.

We give a description of the most typical samples with images.

Synonymy list
1974     Sulculites bellus Vialov et Nessov ichnosp. nov. — Vialov & Nessov , pp. 101, fig. 1-4
2023     Sulculites bellus Vialov and Nessov, 1974 — El Hedeny et al. , pp. 11, fig. 4G
2025     Sulculites bellus Vialov & Nessov, 1974 — Dworczak et al. , pp. 634, fig. 4
Selection of related publications
Dworczak, P. G., Szrek, P., Wilk, O. 2025. Bioerosion in the Late Devonian placoderm remains from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 70, 4, 629-639. DOI:10.4202/app.01220.2024
El Hedeny, M., Mohesn, S., Tantawy, A., El-Sabbagh, A., AbdelGawad, M., El-Kheir, G. 2023. Bioerosion traces on the Campanian turtle remains: New data from the lagoonal deposits of the Quseir Formation, Kharga Oasis, Egypt. Palaeontologia Electronica 26.3, 26.3.a40. DOI:10.26879/1315
Vialov, O. S., Nessov, L. A. 1974. The posthumous damages of the shell of Cretaceous tortoises by the bonedestroyd organisms. Paleontologicheskii sbornik 11, 99-103.
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
GenusSulculites
Speciesbellus
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