Dipatulichnus Nielsen et Nielsen, 2001

ID16124
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonDipatulichnus
AuthorNielsen et Nielsen, 2001
ReferenceNielsen & Nielsen, 2001
Parent taxonOichnidae
FADEocene
LADHolocene

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Description(s)

Nielsen & Nielsen, 2001:

Diagnosis. Pair of biogenic holes, unconnected, but situated in the same skeletal substrate. Each hole has a simple cylindrical form, oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface. Both external and internal openings are sharp and circular in outline.

Knaust, 2012a:

Unbranched, circular.

Blissett & Pickerill, 2007:

 Diagnosis – (After Nielsen & Nielsen, 2001, p. 111.) “Pair of biogenic holes, unconnected, but situated in the same skeletal substrate. Each hole has a simple cylindrical form, oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface. Both external and internal openings are sharp and circular in outline.

Buatois et al., 2017:

Category of architectural design: 2.63. Circular holes and pit-shaped borings.

Wisshak et al., 2019a:

Predation; substrate calcareous; tracemaker unknown

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