Species

Nihilichnus hastarius LaBarge et Njau, 2024

Type specimen data

holotype: ; IUPC 101303; Olduvai Gorge; Pleistocene

Reference:

LaBarge, T. W., Njau, J. K. 2022. Taphonomy and Ichnology of Nile Crocodile Feeding Behavior. Conference: Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 82nd Annual MeetingAt: Toronto, Ontario, pp. . Indiana University.

Taxon description

LaBarge & Njau, 2024

Diagnosis: Lenticular holes in vertebrate bone, pass-ing through the cortical bone. Outline presents twovertices on opposing sides of trace

Synonymy list

2024 Nihilichnus hastarius n. isp. — LaBarge & Njau , pp. 46, fig. 3

2025 Nihilichnus hastarius LaBarge and Njau (2024) — Hunt & Lucas , pp. 343-344

Selection of related publications

LaBarge, T. W., Njau, J. K. 2024. Taxonomic reappraisal of Nihilichnus from taphonomic perspectives of crocodile predatory ecology. Ichnos 31, 1, 40-55. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2024.2353199

Klassificering

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Machichnidae
Genus	Nihilichnus
Species	clavus
	covichi
	fissuratus
	hastarius
	mortalis
	nihilicus
	quadripertitus
	sicarius
	sulcatus

References based on distribution

LaBarge & Njau, 2024 Olduvai Gorge Pleistocene