Genus

Amphifaoichnus Pirrone et Buatois, 2016

Taxon description

Cunha et al., 2024

Emended diagnosis.—Predominantly horizontal, unbranched, unlined, elongated tubes, circular or subcircular in cross-section, straight or tortuous, located at the interface between bone and sediment, but penetrating the cortical bone tissue and occasionally the trabecular bone tissue; fill consists of both unconsolidated sediment and bone chips; rough texture of the exposed surface (modified from Pirrone and Buatois 2016).

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate osteic; tracemaker invertebrate

Pirrone & Buatois, 2016

Diagnosis: Predominantly horizontal, unbranched, unlined, elongated tubes, circular or subcircular in cross-section, straight or tortuous, located at the interface of bone and sediment, but penetrating the bone cortical tissue; fill consists of both unconsolidated sediment and bone chips; rough texture of the exposed surface.

Selection of related publications
Milligan, J. R., Bamforth, E. L., Mángano, M. G., Buatois, L. A. 2025. Taphonomic history of a dinosaur skeleton from the upper Cretaceous Frenchman Formation, Canada: insights from ancient rhizoetchings and invertebrate bioerosion trace fossils. Ichnos 32, 1, 41-60. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2025.2449656
Cunha, L., Dentzien-Dias, P., Francischini, H. 2024. New bioerosion traces in rhynchosaur bones from the Late Triassic of Brazil and the oldest occurrence of the ichnogenera Osteocallis and Amphifaoichnus. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 69, 1, 1-21. DOI:10.4202/app.01093.2023
Pirrone, C. A., Buatois, L. A. 2016. Bioeroded Dinosaur Bones: Novel Signatures of Necrophagous Activity in a Cretaceous Continental Environment. Ichnos 23, 3-4, 340-348. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2016.1178641