Species

Petroxestes altera Jagt, Neumann et Donovan, 2009

Taxon description

Jagt et al., 2009

Diagnosis: Shallow, elongate boring in calcitic substrate, with narrowly rounded ends; sides parallel, chipped and slightly convex in plan view; rounded bottom in transverse section; length equalling more than three times the maximum width; ornament of irregular shallow grooves, overprinted by much smaller scratches with no preferred orientation.

Synonymy list
2009     Petroxestes altera nov. isp. — Jagt et al. , pp. 138, fig. Pl. 1
Selection of related publications
Jagt, J. W. M., Neumann, C., Donovan, S. K. 2009. Petroxestes altera, a new bioerosional trace fossil from the upper Maastrichtian (Cretaceous) of northeast Belgium. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belqique, Sciences de la Terre 79, 137-145.
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyRogerellidae
GenusPetroxestes
Speciesaltera
pera
References based on distribution