Osteocallis Roberts, Rogers et Foreman 2007

ID16405
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
CADGroove bioerosion traces
TypeGrazing
SubstrateOsteic substrate
TaxonOsteocallis
AuthorRoberts, Rogers et Foreman 2007
ReferenceRoberts et al., 2007
Parent taxonCircolitidae
Is validYes
FADFamennian
LADQuaternary
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2025Osteocallis Roberts et al., 2007Dworczak, Szrek & Wilk633Dworczak et al., 2025
2024Osteocallis Roberts et al., 2007, sensu Paes Neto et al., 2016Cunha, Dentzien-Dias & Francischini7Cunha et al., 2024
2023Osteocallis Roberts et al., 2007Collareta, Merella, Casati, Di Cencio, Tinelli & Bianucci5Collareta et al., 2023a
2023Osteocallis Roberts et al., 2007El Hedeny, Mohesn, Tantawy, El-Sabbagh, AbdelGawad & El-Kheir7El Hedeny et al., 2023
2016Osteocallis Roberts et al., 2007Paes Neto, Parkinson, Pretto, Soares, Schwanke, Schultz & Kellner,37Paes Neto et al., 2016
2007Osteocallis new ichnogenusRoberts, Rogers & Foreman204Roberts et al., 2007

Descriptions and remarks

Unbranched, groove.


Emended diagnosis: Shallow, curved or straight grooves bored into external bone surfaces. They may occur in pairs or as meandering trails. The latter may form a network of randomly overlapping trails.


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 |