Species
Cubiculum levis Pirrone, Buatois et González Riga, 2014
Taxon description
Pirrone et al., 2014b
Diagnosis: Discrete, bowl-shaped borings in bone. Borings display marked concavity of flanks and bottom andmarked constriction of walls in the upper area. Boring boundaries, walls, and bottom are sharp and smooth; no bioglyphs are observed. No filling is present. Placed in cortical and cancellous bone. Borings are arranged in groups of three to five and parallel to each other, according to its major axis.
Synonymy list
2014 Cubiculum levis isp. nov. — Pirrone et al. , pp. 253, fig. 3
Selection of related publications
Pirrone, C. A., Buatois, L. A., Bromley, R. G. 2014. Ichnotaxobases for bioerosion trace fossils in bones. Journal of Paleontology 88, 1, 195-203. DOI:10.1666/11-058
Klassificering
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Rogerellidae |
| Genus | Cubiculum |
| Species | atsintli |
| cooperi | |
| inornatum | |
| levis | |
| ornatum | |
| subcorticalis |
References based on distribution
- Pirrone et al., 2014 Arroyo Seco Upper Cretaceous