''Brutalichnus'' is an
ichnogenus.
A Case Study from the
Miocene of the
Czech Republic found that Brutalichnus and two other Ichnogenera have evidence of biting and gnawing traces on
Reptilian and
Mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or ...
ian bones.
''Brutalichnus'' contains one ichnospecies, ''Brutalichnus'' ''brutalis.''
The ichnogenera ''
Machichnus
''Machichnus'' is an ichnogenus. It was erected by Mikuláš et al. (2006) for shallow, thin, discrete, parallel to subparallel, smooth-bottomed scratches, occurring on bone tissue in small groups or series. According to modern analogues, the se ...
'' and ''
Nihilichnus'' were described in the same paper.
See also
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Ichnology
References
Trace fossils
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