Genus

Irhopalia Wisshak, Knaust et Bertling, 2019

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Microboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker plant

Selection of related publications
Mergl, M. 2024. Endolithic Microborings in Corals from the Acanthopyge Limestone (Middle Devonian, Eifelian; Barrandian Area; Czech Republic). Folia Musei rerum naturalium Bohemiae occidentalis. Geologica et Paleobiologica 58, 2, 17-27. DOI:10.2478/fbgp-2024-0003
Seuss, B., Nützel, A. 2019. Bioerosion in fossil cephalopods: a case study from the Upper Carboniferous Buckhorn Asphalt Quarry Lagerstätte, Oklahoma, USA. Facies 65, 2, 6-17. Springer Nature. DOI:10.1007/s10347-018-0547-y
Golubic, S., Radtke, G. 2008. The trace Rhopalia clavigera isp. n. reflects the development of its maker Eugomontia sacculata Kornmann, 1960. Current developments in bioerosion, pp. 95-108. Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-3-540-77598-0_5
Radtke, G., Golubić, S. 2005. Microborings in mollusk shells, Bay of Safaga, Egypt: Morphometry and ichnology. Facies 51, 1-4, 118-134. DOI:10.1007/s10347-005-0016-02
Wisshak, M., Gektidis, M., Freiwald, A., Lundälv, T. 2005. Bioerosion along a bathymetric gradient in a cold-temperate setting (Kosterfjord, SW Sweden): an experimental study. Facies 51, 1-4, 93-117. DOI:10.1007/s10347-005-0009-1
Schmidt, H. 1992. Mikrobohrspuren ausgewählter Faziesbereiche der tethyalen und germanischen Trias (Beschreibung, Vergleich und bathymetrische Interpretation). Frankfurter geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten; A: Geologie, Paläontologie 12, 1-228.
Radtke, G. 1991. Die mikroendolithischen Spurenfossilien im Alt-Tertiär West-Europas und ihre palökologische Bedeutung. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 138, 1-185.
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyIchnoreticulinidae
GenusConchocelichnus
Eurygonum
Filuroda
Ichnoreticulina
Irhopalia
Speciescatenata
clavigera
spinosa
GenusOrthogonum
Palaeomycelites
Rhopalia
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