Pallichnus Retallack, 1984


DESCRIPTION: Chambers lateral to a central shaft containing dung balls or eggs.

BEHAVIOR(S): Reproduction, pupal chambers.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Fully continental

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Dung beetles.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Oligocene-recent.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: (Retallack, 2004)(Hembree & Hasiotis, 2007)

REMARKS: May be found as part of complex burrow systems in association with Coprinisphaera


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