Stellichnus Mayoral, 1987

ID	16135
Fossil group	Bioerosional trace fossils
CAD	Elongate or branched attachment bioerosion traces
Type	Attachment
Substrate	Calcareous substrate
Taxon	Stellichnus
Author	Mayoral, 1987
Reference	Mayoral, 1987a
Parent taxon	Podichnidae
Is valid	Yes
FAD	Zanclean
LAD	Recent

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Includes:

Species	Reference	Valid?
Stellichnus radiatus	Mayoral, 1987b	Yes

Synonymy

Year	Synonym	Author	Pages	Figs	Reference
2021	Stellichnus	Richiano, Aguirre & Giachetti		3J, K	Richiano et al., 2021
1987	Stellichnus nov. ichnogen.	Mayoral	35		Mayoral, 1987a

Descriptions and remarks

Branched, rosetted.

Buatois et al., 2017:

Category of architectural design: 2.78. Elongate or branched attachment bioerosion traces.

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 |