Xylokrypta durossi Tapanila et Roberts, 2012

ID20300
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonXylokrypta durossi
AuthorTapanila et Roberts, 2012
ReferenceTapanila & Roberts, 2012
Parent taxonXylokrypta
Is validYes
FADNorian
LADNorian
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2020Xylokrypta durossi Tapanila and Roberts, 2012Melnyk, Packer, Zonneveld & GingrasTab. 1. Tracemaker: Suborder ArchostemataMelnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)
2017Xylokrypta durossiGenise17.6Genise, 2017
2012Xylokrypta durossi isp. nov.Tapanila & Roberts32-4Tapanila & Roberts, 2012
2010Beetle boringsLucas, Minter & Hunt3, 4Lucas et al., 2010
2003cf. CelliformaHasiotis14A-CHasiotis, 2003
1998Bee nestis, Dubiel, Kay, Demko & Kowalska5Hasiotis et al., 1998
1997Colonial bees’ nestHasiotis22-23Hasiotis, 1997

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
holotypeUMNH PB 1915Natural History Museum of Utah Paleobotany Collections, Salt Lake City, UtahHorse Canyon, Wolverine Petrified ForestNorianTapanila & Roberts, 2012

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosos: Xylokrypta durossi is a curved, roughly U-shaped, boring having two widely-spaced, circular cylindrical shafts that connect below the wood surface to a kidney-shaped chamber. All margins of the boring are sharp, cross-cutting the xylem tissues with minor
deformation. The boring penetrates 10–14 mm deep, enough to
maintain a 1–2 mm ‘roof’ of xylem above the chamber.


Diagnosis/description: Kidney-shaped borings with apertures oriented perpendicular to wood surface.


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 |