Oichnus

Oichnus simplex

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Oichnidae
Ichnogenus: †Oichnus
Ichnospecies: †O. asperus – †O. coronatus – †O. gradatus – †O. ovalis – †O. paraboloides – †O. simplex – †O. solus

Name

Oichnus Bromley, 1981

Type ichnospecies: Oichnus simplex Bromley, 1981, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Fossichnus Nielsen, Nielsen & Bromley, 2003 [syn: Wisshak et al., 2015]
  • Type ichnospecies: Fossichnus solus Nielsen, Nielsen & Bromley, 2003, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bromley, R.G. 1981. Concepts in ichnotaxonomy illustrated by small round holes in shells. Acta Geologica Hispanica 16(1–2): 55–64. PDF. Reference page. 
• Nielsen, K.S.S., Nielsen, J.K. & Bromley, R.G. 2003. Palaeoecological and ichnological significance of microborings in Quaternary Foraminifera. Palaeontologia Electronica 6(2): 1–13. Abstract. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wisshak, M., Kroh, A., Bertling, M., Knaust, D., Nielsen, J.K., Jagt, J.W.M., Neumann, C. & Nielsen, K.S.S. 2015. In defence of an iconic ichnogenus – Oichnus Bromley, 1981. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 85(3): 445–451. DOI: 10.14241/asgp.2015.029 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bromley, R.G. 2004. A stratigraphy of bioerosion. In: McIlroy, D. (ed.) The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228: 455–479. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.20 . Reference page. 
• Donovan, S.K. & Pickerill, R.K. 2017. The invalidity of the trace fossil Tremichnus Brett. Geological Journal 52(5): 828–831. DOI: 10.1002/gj.2849 . Reference page.  [treats Tremichnus as synonym of Oichnus]
• Nielsen, K.S.S. & Nielsen, J.K. 2001. Bioerosion in Pliocene to late Holocene tests of benthic and planktonic foraminiferans, with a revision of the ichnogenera Oichnus and Tremichnus. Ichnos 8(2): 99–116. DOI: 10.1080/10420940109380178 . Reference page. 
• Pickerill, R.K. & Donovan, S.K. 1998. Ichnology of the Pliocene Bowden shell bed, southeast Jamaica. Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 35(1–4): 161–175. PDF. Reference page.  [treats Tremichnus as synonym of Oichnus]
• Wisshak, M., Knaust, D. & Bertling, M. 2019. Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list. Facies 65(2): article 24 [1–39]. DOI: 10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8 . Reference page. 
• Zonneveld, J.-P. & Gingras, M.K. 2014. Sedilichnus, Oichnus, Fossichnus, and Tremichnus: ‘Small Round Holes in Shells’ Revisited. Journal of Paleontology 88(5): 895–905. DOI: 10.1017/S0022336000057565 . Reference page.  [treats Oichnus as synonym of Sedilichnus]