Anobichnium Linck, 1949

ID16119
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
CADNon-camerate network borings
TaxonAnobichnium
AuthorLinck, 1949
ReferenceLinck, 1949b
Parent taxonTrypanitidae
FADCarnian
LADCarnian

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Description(s)

Knaust, 2012a:

Unbranched, cylindrical.

Buatois et al., 2017:

Category of architectural design: 2.69. Non-camerate network borings.

Schlirf, 2005:

Emended diagnosis: Galleries of small, straight to slightly curved, unbranched or irregularly branched borings, with irregular to circular cross-section; wall smooth; orientation of galleries horizontal with respect to surface; with short, cylindrical openings (vertical with respect to surface) appearing as perforation on surface. Either with passive fill, or filled with small ovoid pellets.

Wisshak et al., 2019a:

Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate

Occurrences