Cubiculum inornatum Xing, Parkinson, Ran, Pirronne, Roberts, Zhang, Burns, Wang et Choiniere, 2015

ID17068
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonCubiculum inornatum
AuthorXing, Parkinson, Ran, Pirronne, Roberts, Zhang, Burns, Wang et Choiniere, 2015
ReferenceXing et al., 2016a (2015)
Parent taxonCubiculum
Is validYes
FADLadinian
LADMaastrichtian
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2025Cubiculum inornatus Xing et al. (2016)Milligan, Bamforth, Mángano & Buatois8Milligan et al., 2025
2023Cubiculum inornatus Xing et al, 2016Benyoucef & Bouchemla53A, CBenyoucef & Bouchemla, 2023
2023Cubiculum inornatus Xing et al., 2015El Hedeny, Mohesn, Tantawy, El-Sabbagh, AbdelGawad & El-Kheir73D, FEl Hedeny et al., 2023
2016Cubiculum inornatus isp. nov.Xing et al.3Xing et al., 2016a (2015)
2016Cubiculum inornatus Xing et al., 2015Paes Neto et al.344C, 4FPaes Neto et al., 2016

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
holotypeZLJ0121-T1Lufeng Dinosaur Museum, ChinaDalishu bonebed locality, Lufeng CountyMiddle JurassicChuanjie FormationXing et al., 2016a (2015)

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosis: Ellipsoidal, chamber-shaped borings inserted in cortical bone. The boring displays a rounded base and slightly tapers towards one side. The internal surface (wall) is characterized by the absence of bioglyphs or filling (Xing et al., 2016).


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 |