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Teredolites 012416
''Teredolites'' is an ichnogenus of trace fossil, characterized by borings in substrates such as wood or amber. Club-shaped structures rimming mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ... were formerly identified as the fungal sporocarps ''Palaeoclavaria burmitis''. a 2018 study re-identified the structures as domichnia (crypts) bored in the amber nodules by bivalves of the pholadid subfamily Martesiinae. The borings are comparable with ''Teredolites clavatus'' and ''Gastrochaenolites lapidicus'' . Due to the substrate of the Myanmar borings being amber, the term Amberground was coined. See also * Ichnology References External links Chuck D. Howell's Ichnogenera Photos Boring fossils Paja Formation {{trace-fossil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teredolites Clavatus Syn -Palaeoclavaria Burmitis
''Teredolites'' is an ichnogenus of trace fossil, characterized by borings in substrates such as wood or amber. Club-shaped structures rimming mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber were formerly identified as the fungal sporocarps ''Palaeoclavaria burmitis''. a 2018 study re-identified the structures as domichnia Trace fossils are classified in various ways for different purposes. Traces can be classified taxonomically (by morphology), ethologically (by behavior), and toponomically, that is, according to their relationship to the surrounding sedimentary la ... (crypts) bored in the amber nodules by bivalves of the pholadid subfamily Martesiinae. The borings are comparable with ''Teredolites clavatus'' and ''Gastrochaenolites lapidicus'' . Due to the substrate of the Myanmar borings being amber, the term Amberground was coined. See also * Ichnology References External links Chuck D. Howell's Ichnogenera Photos Boring fossils Paja Formation {{trace-fossil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teredolites 012416
''Teredolites'' is an ichnogenus of trace fossil, characterized by borings in substrates such as wood or amber. Club-shaped structures rimming mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The ... were formerly identified as the fungal sporocarps ''Palaeoclavaria burmitis''. a 2018 study re-identified the structures as domichnia (crypts) bored in the amber nodules by bivalves of the pholadid subfamily Martesiinae. The borings are comparable with ''Teredolites clavatus'' and ''Gastrochaenolites lapidicus'' . Due to the substrate of the Myanmar borings being amber, the term Amberground was coined. See also * Ichnology References External links Chuck D. Howell's Ichnogenera Photos Boring fossils Paja Formation {{trace-fossil-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichnogenus
An ichnotaxon (plural ichnotaxa) is "a taxon based on the fossilized work of an organism", i.e. the non-human equivalent of an artifact. ''Ichnotaxa'' comes from the Greek ίχνος, ''ichnos'' meaning ''track'' and ταξις, ''taxis'' meaning ''ordering''.Definition o'ichno'at dictionary.com. Ichnotaxa are names used to identify and distinguish morphologically distinctive ichnofossils, more commonly known as trace fossils. They are assigned genus and species ranks by ichnologists, much like organisms in Linnaean taxonomy. These are known as ichnogenera and ichnospecies, respectively. "Ichnogenus" and "ichnospecies" are commonly abbreviated as "igen." and "isp.". The binomial names of ichnospecies and their genera are to be written in italics. Most researchers classify trace fossils only as far as the ichnogenus rank, based upon trace fossils that resemble each other in morphology but have subtle differences. Some authors have constructed detailed hierarchies up to ichnosup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burmese Amber
Burmese amber, also known as Burmite or Kachin amber, is amber from the Hukawng Valley in northern Myanmar. The amber is dated to around 100 million years ago, during the latest Albian to earliest Cenomanian ages of the mid-Cretaceous period. The amber is of significant palaeontological interest due to the diversity of flora and fauna contained as inclusions, particularly arthropods including insects and arachnids but also birds, lizards, snakes, frogs and fragmentary dinosaur remains. The amber has been known and commercially exploited since the first century AD, and has been known to science since the mid-nineteenth century. Research on the deposit has attracted controversy due to its alleged role in funding internal conflict in Myanmar and hazardous working conditions in the mines where it is collected. Geological context, depositional environment and age The amber is found within the Hukawng Basin, a large Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary basin within northern Myanmar. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domichnia
Trace fossils are classified in various ways for different purposes. Traces can be classified taxonomically (by morphology), ethologically (by behavior), and toponomically, that is, according to their relationship to the surrounding sedimentary layers. Except in the rare cases where the original maker of a trace fossil can be identified with confidence, phylogenetic classification of trace fossils is an unreasonable proposition. Taxonomic classification The taxonomic classification of trace fossils parallels the taxonomic classification of organisms under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. In trace fossil nomenclature a Latin binomial name is used, just as in animal and plant taxonomy, with a genus and specific epithet. However, the binomial names are not linked to an organism, but rather just a trace fossil. This is due to the rarity of association between a trace fossil and a specific organism or group of organisms. Trace fossils are therefore included in an '' i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pholadidae
Pholadidae, known as piddocks or angelwings, are a family of bivalve molluscs similar to a clam. Background Piddocks are unique in that each side of their shells is divided into 2 or 3 separate sections. Furthermore, one of the piddock's shells has a set of ridges or "teeth", which they use to grind away at clay or soft rock and create tubular burrows. The shape of these burrows are due to the rotating motion of the piddock as it grinds the rock to make its home. The piddock stays in the burrow it digs for the entirety of its eight-year lifespan, with only its siphon exposed to take in water that it filters for food. When the piddock dies and leaves an empty tubular burrow, other marine life such as sea anemone, crabs and other molluscs may use the burrow. Some species of Pholadidae may reach up to 18 cm (7″). Their coloration is typically white, though through consumption of red tide algae some may develop a pink coloration. * The angelwing species ''Cyrtopleura costata' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boring Fossils
Boring may refer to: *Something that causes boredom Engineering and science * Boring (earth), drilling a hole, tunnel, or well in the earth ** Tunnel boring machine, a machine used in boring tunnels * Boring (manufacturing), enlarging a hole that has already been drilled * Drilling, a cutting process that uses a drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section * Boring, a mechanism of bioerosion Places * Boring, Maryland, U.S. * Boring, Oregon, U.S. ** Boring Lava Field * Boring, Tennessee, U.S. Other uses * Boring (surname) * "Boring" (''The Young Ones''), an episode of ''The Young Ones'' * "Boring", a song by Pink from ''Funhouse'' * "Boring (It's Too Late)", a song by Medina from ''Forever'' See also * * Bore (other) * Bored (other) * Boredom (other) * Boreing (other) * Drilling (other) * Earth-boring dung beetle, a family of beetles that excavate burrows in which to lay their eggs * The Boring Company, designer of bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
