Rosellichnus

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Rosellichnus
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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. [1] [2]

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.