Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf, 2006

ID16924
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonLinckichnus terebrans
AuthorSchlirf, 2006
ReferenceSchlirf, 2006a
Parent taxonLinckichnus
Is validYes
FADCarnian
LADHettangian
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2020Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf, 2006Melnyk, Packer, Zonneveld, & GingrasTab. 1. Tracemaker: Class Insecta.Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)
2017Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf, 2006Genise458Genise, 2017
2008Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf, 2006Pieńkowski & Niedźwiedzki12413:3Pieńkowski & Niedźwiedzki, 2008
2006Linckichnus terebrans n. gen et sp.Schlirf2782, 3Schlirf, 2006a

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
other typeSMNS 20956Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde StuttgartStockheimCarnian‘Schilfsandstein'Schlirf, 2006a

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosis: Smooth, test-tube shaped, unbranched, slightly kink-bent, cylindrical structures, with circular openings and hemispherical terminations, dominantly perpendicular to the grain of the woody substrate and parallel to each other. Fill massive.

Description: Smooth, unbranched, slightly kink-bent, cylindrical borings, with circular openings and hemispherical terminations. Preserved as full relief in a completely weathered sphenophyte stem fragment. Orientation perpendicular to oblique to the grain of the woody substrate. Length: 4–16 mm; width: 2–4 mm.


Occurrences


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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 |