Cubiculum ornatum Roberts, Rogers et Foreman, 2007

ID16608
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonCubiculum ornatum
AuthorRoberts, Rogers et Foreman, 2007
ReferenceRoberts et al., 2007
Parent taxonCubiculum
FADCampanian
LADQuaternary

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeUniversity of AntananarivoUA 9087MAD93-35 quarryMaastrichtianRoberts et al., 2007

Description(s)

Höpner & Bertling, 2017:

Diagnosis: Chambers three to five times longer than wide, straight or slightly bent terminally.

Roberts et al., 2007:

Diagnosis: Discrete ovoid borings in bone. Hollow, oval chambers with concave flanks bored into inner spongy and outer cortical bone surfaces. Chamber length three to four times greater than diameter. May be isolated, but observed more commonly in dense, sometimes overlapping concentrations. Walls roughened commonly, composed of shallow, arcuate (apparently paired) grooves.