Nihilichnus fissuratus Lages, Carneiro, Andrade, Silva et Perini, 2025

ID22042
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonNihilichnus fissuratus
AuthorLages, Carneiro, Andrade, Silva et Perini, 2025
ReferenceLages et al., 2025
Parent taxonNihilichnus
Is validYes
FADPaleogene
LADPaleogene
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2025Nihilichnus fissuratus isp. nov.Lages, Carneiro, Andrade, Silva & Perini2082Lages et al., 2025

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosis: Puncture (Nihilichnus) displaying associated longitudinal fracture(s) that resemble fissures. The perforation may display a subtriangular, lenticular, ellipsoid, polygonal, rounded, or irregular outline and could be a pit, displaying a median keel or not, or a puncture/hole, displaying vertices or not. The fractures frequently reach the inner tissues and inner cavities of a hard/firm biogenic substrate. The fissures may break the substrate into one or more parts around the perforation. The bone fractures/fissures could display a cranioventral or an anteroposterior orientation (passing throughout the perforation), diverge from a part of the perforation (cranially, ventrally, anteriorly, or posteriorly oriented), or diffusely diverge from the perforation (multiple fractures, having different sizes, shapes, depths, and orientations).



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