Amphifaoichnus Pirrone et Buatois, 2016

ID17026
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonAmphifaoichnus
AuthorPirrone et Buatois, 2016
ReferencePirrone & Buatois, 2016
Parent taxonTrypanitidae
FADCarnian
LADMaastrichtian

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Description(s)

Pirrone & Buatois, 2016:

Diagnosis: Predominantly horizontal, unbranched, unlined, elongated tubes, circular or subcircular in cross-section, straight or tortuous, located at the interface of bone and sediment, but penetrating the bone cortical tissue; fill consists of both unconsolidated sediment and bone chips; rough texture of the exposed surface.

Wisshak et al., 2019a:

Macroboring; substrate osteic; tracemaker invertebrate

Cunha et al., 2024:

Emended diagnosis.—Predominantly horizontal, unbranched, unlined, elongated tubes, circular or subcircular in cross-section, straight or tortuous, located at the interface between bone and sediment, but penetrating the cortical bone tissue and occasionally the trabecular bone tissue; fill consists of both unconsolidated sediment and bone chips; rough texture of the exposed surface (modified from Pirrone and Buatois 2016).