Cubiculum inornatum Xing, Parkinson, Ran, Pirronne, Roberts, Zhang, Burns, Wang et Choiniere, 2015

ID17068
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonCubiculum inornatum
AuthorXing, Parkinson, Ran, Pirronne, Roberts, Zhang, Burns, Wang et Choiniere, 2015
ReferenceXing et al., 2016a
Parent taxonCubiculum
FADLadinian
LADMaastrichtian

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeLufeng Dinosaur Museum, ChinaZLJ0121-T1Lufeng CountyMiddle JurassicChuanjie FormationXing et al., 2016a

Description(s)

Benyoucef & Bouchemla, 2023:

Diagnosis: Ellipsoidal, chamber-shaped borings inserted in cortical bone. The boring displays a rounded base and slightly tapers towards one side. The internal surface (wall) is characterized by the absence of bioglyphs or filling (Xing et al., 2016).

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