Stellatichnus Nielsen et Nielsen, 2001

ID16130
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
CADCircular holes and pit-shaped borings
TypePredation
SubstrateCalcareous substrate
TaxonStellatichnus
AuthorNielsen et Nielsen, 2001
ReferenceNielsen & Nielsen, 2001
Parent taxonOichnidae
Is validYes
FADEocene
LADHolocene
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2001Stellatichnus igen. nov.Nielsen & Nielsen112Nielsen & Nielsen, 2001

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosis. Biogenic holes having a star-shaped outline and situated in skeletal substrates.


Unbranched, sphtellate.


Diagnosis – (After Nielsen & Nielsen, 2001, p. 112.) “Biogenic holes having a starshaped outline and situated in skeletal substrate.”


Category of architectural design: 2.63. Circular holes and pit-shaped borings.


Occurrences


Browse Categories of Architectural Design (CADs):

Borings with elliptical to sub-rectangular cross sections | Branched tubular borings | Camerate boxwork borings | Camerate network borings | Circular holes and pit-shaped borings | Clavate-shaped borings | Cylindrical vertical to oblique borings | Dendritic and rosetted borings | Elongate or branched attachment bioerosion traces | Fracture-shaped bioerosion traces | Globular to spherical borings | Groove bioerosion traces | Multiple attachment bioerosion traces | Non-camerate boxwork borings | Non-camerate network borings | Pouch borings | Radial borings | Single circular to tear-shaped attachment bioerosion traces | Spiral borings | Trackways and scratch imprints | U-shaped borings | Winding borings |