Rosellichnus

Rosellichnus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Ichnofamily: †Celliformidae
Ichnogenus: †Rosellichnus
Genise & Bown, 1996
Type species
Rosellichnus patagonicus

Rosellichnus is a Cenozoic trace fossil found in Patagonia, it consists of a cluster of vertical bee cells with smooth inner surface and discrete walls.

Described in 1996 by Jorge Fernando Genise and Thomas M. Bown, it was named after the Uruguayan ichnologist Francisco Lucas Roselli.

References

  1. ↑ Sarzetti, Laura Cristina; Genise, Jorge Fernando; Bellosi, Eduardo Sergio; Cantil, Liliana Fernanda (August 2017). "A new interpretation and palaeoecological significance of the fossil bee cell cluster Rosellichnus patagonicus (Celliformidae)". Papers in Palaeontology. 3 (3). Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc: 363–371.
  2. ↑ Genise, Jorge Fernando; Bellosi, Eduardo Sergio (1996). "Uruguay Roselli 1938 and Rosellichnus, N. Ichnogenus: Two ichnogenera for clusters of fossil bee cells". Ichnos. USGS Publications Warehouse. doi:10.1080/10420949609380127.