Mikuláš et al., 2020

Author(s):Mikuláš, R., Milàn, J., Genise, J. F., Bertling, M., Bromley, R. G.
Year:2020
Title:An insect boring in an Early Cretaceous wood from Bornholm, Denmark
Journal:Ichnos
Volume:27
Number:3
Pages:284-289
Abstract

An insect boring of unique shape is described from a lignitic layer within the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Skyttegård Member of the Rabekke Formation on Bornholm. Morphologically it cannot be compared to any modern or fossil wood borings, although some structures are reminiscent of Scolytidae, Platypodidae and Lymexylonidae. Most probably, however, the tracemaker was a female fungus-farming beetle, thus producing an agrichnion.

Keywords:Bornholmi saar, Cretaceous, Insecta, Paleontology, Trace fossils, Xylic substrate
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/10420940.2020.1744587
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