Dendrina Quenstedt, 1849

ID15839
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonDendrina
AuthorQuenstedt, 1849
ReferenceQuenstedt, 1849
Parent taxonDendrinidae
FADEifelian
LADMaastrichtian

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Description(s)

Wisshak, 2017:

Emended diagnosis. Rosetted boring system, developed closely parallel to surface of calcareous skeletal substrates, with a circular to irregular outline, originating from a single point at the end of a tubular inlet tunnel. Individual galleries vary in width at constant height, ramify and may anastomose or fuse to form a flat central cavity. Fine galleries connect the rosette with the substrate surface, preferentially towards the rounded distal terminations.

Knaust, 2012a:

Branched, rosetted.

Buatois et al., 2017:

Category of architectural design: 2.75. Dendritic and rosetted borings.

Wisshak et al., 2019a:

Microboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate?

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