Genus

Machichnus Mikuláš, Kadlecová, Fejfar et Dvořák, 2006

Taxon description

Trifilio et al., 2023

Revised diagnosis: Single or grouped parallel or subparallel furrows perpendicular to the edge of hard substrates. They typically lack bioglyphs and filling and have uniform dimensions and shape. The furrow surface is smooth or longitudinally striated.

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Predation; substrate osteic; tracemaker vertebrate

Mikuláš et al., 2006

Diagnosis: Shallow serial parallel or subparallel grooves in hard substrates. The groove surface is smooth or longitudinally striated.Each series consists usually of dozens of grooves which are typically uniform in shape and dimensions. The grooves are oriented perpendicular to substrate edge.

Selection of related publications
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
Yanenko, V., Kovalchuk, O. 2023. Late Miocene Turtles of Grytsiv (western Ukraine) with Rodent Gnaw Marks on the Carapace Surface. Zoodiversity 57, 4, 311-322. DOI:10.15407/zoo2023.04.311
Araújo-Júnior, H. I. D., Barbosa, F. H. D. S., Silva, L. H. M. D. 2017. Overlapping paleoichnology, paleoecology and taphonomy: Analysis of tooth traces in a Late Pleistocene-early Holocene megafaunal assemblage of Brazil and description of a new ichnotaxon in hard substrate. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 468, 122-128. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.12.007
Mikuláš, R., Kadlecová, E., Fejfar, O., Dvořák, Z. 2006. Three new ichnogenera of biting and gnawing traces on reptilian and mammalian bones: A case study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic. Ichnos 13, 3, 113-127. DOI:10.1080/10420940600850729