Cubiculum levis Pirrone, Buatois et González Riga, 2014

ID17067
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonCubiculum levis
AuthorPirrone, Buatois et González Riga, 2014
ReferencePirrone et al., 2014b
Parent taxonCubiculum
FADConiacian
LADSantonian

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeInstituto Argentino de NivologiaIANIGLA-Icn 1Arroyo SecoUpper CretaceousConiacian–Early SantonianPirrone et al., 2014b

Description(s)

Pirrone et al., 2014b:

Diagnosis: Discrete, bowl-shaped borings in bone. Borings display marked concavity of flanks and bottom andmarked constriction of walls in the upper area. Boring boundaries, walls, and bottom are sharp and smooth; no bioglyphs are observed. No filling is present. Placed in cortical and cancellous bone. Borings are arranged in groups of three to five and parallel to each other, according to its major axis.