Nihilichnus

Nihilichnus
Trace fossil classification
Ichnofamily:	† Machichnidae
Ichnogenus:	† Nihilichnus Mikuláš et al., 2006
Type ichnospecies
Nihilichnus nihilicus Mikuláš et al., 2006
Ichnospecies [1]
N. nihilicusMikuláš et al., 2006 N. covichiRasser et al., 2016 N. fissuratusLages et al., 2025

Nihilichnus is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. ^[2] It was first described from bite traces in 2006. The ichnogenus originally contained two ichnospecies, Nihilichnus nihilicus and Nihilichnus mortalis. The ichnogenera Brutalichnus and Machichnus were described in the same paper. ^[3]

See also

• Ichnology

References

1. Wisshak, M.; Knaust, D.; Bertling, M. (2019). "Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list". Facies. 65 (2): 24. doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8.
2. Nihilichnus at fossilworks.org
3. Mikuláš, Radek; Kadlecová, Eva; Fejfar, Oldřich; Dvořák, Zdeněk (2006-09-01). "Three New Ichnogenera of Biting and Gnawing Traces on Reptilian and Mammalian Bones: A Case Study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic" . Ichnos. 13 (3): 113–127. Bibcode:2006Ichno..13..113M. doi:10.1080/10420940600850729. ISSN   1042-0940. S2CID   128644469.

• Wisshak, M.; Knaust, D.; Bertling, M. (2019). "Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list". Facies. 65 (2): 24. doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8.
• Mikuláš, Radek; Kadlecová, Eva; Fejfar, Oldřich; Dvořák, Zdeněk (2006-09-01). "Three New Ichnogenera of Biting and Gnawing Traces on Reptilian and Mammalian Bones: A Case Study from the Miocene of the Czech Republic" . Ichnos. 13 (3): 113–127. Bibcode:2006Ichno..13..113M. doi:10.1080/10420940600850729. ISSN   1042-0940. S2CID   128644469.
• Lages, S.; Carneiro, L. M.; Andrade, L.C.; Silva, R.C.; Perini, F.A. (2025). "A new ichnospecies of Nihilichnus Mikuláš et al., 2006 from the Palaeogene of South America: trace makers and ichnological and palaeobiological implications". Ichnos. 32 (3): 203–229. doi:10.1080/10420940.2025.2525757.