Species

Osteocallis mandibulus Roberts, Rogers et Foreman 2007

Taxon description

Cunha et al., 2024

Diagnosis.—Shallow, meandering trail of arcuate grooves (apparently paired) bored into external (cortical) bone surfaces. Occurs as single trails or network of randomly overlapping trails

Synonymy list
2007     Osteocallis mandibulus new ichnospecies — Roberts et al. , pp. 204, fig. 4, Tab. 2,3
2016     Osteocallis mandibulus — Paes Neto et al. , pp. 38, fig. 5D
2023     Osteocallis mandibulus Roberts et al., 2007 — Trifilio et al. , pp. 16, fig. 10A-C
2024     Osteocallis mandibulus Roberts et al., 2007 — Cunha et al. , pp. 7, fig. 4A, B, 5A, B, E
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
Paes Neto, V. D., Parkinson, A. H., Pretto, F. A., Soares, M. B., Schwanke, C., Schultz, C. L., Kellner, A. W. 2016. Oldest evidence of osteophagic behavior by insects from the Triassic of Brazil. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 453, 30-41. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.03.026
Roberts, E. M., Rogers, R. R., Foreman, B. Z. 2007. Continental insect borings in dinosaur bone: Examples from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar and Utah. Journal of Paleontology 81, 1, 201–208. DOI:10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[201:CIBIDB]2.0.CO;2
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyCircolitidae
GenusOsteocallis
Speciesinfestans
leonardii
mandibulus
References based on distribution