Palmiraichnus

Palmiraichnus
Scientific classification
Ichnofamily: †Celliformidae
Ichnogenus: †Palmiraichnus
Roselli 1987
Type species
†Palmiraichnus castellanosi

Palmiraichnus is a trace fossil, described by Francisco Lucas Roselli in 1987. First registered in the Paleogene of Uruguay, they were also found in the Quaternary of the Canary Islands: Lanzarote in the Holocene, Fuerteventura in the Upper Pleistocene, Gran Canaria and Montaña Clara during the Middle Pleistocene.[1]

References

  1. ^ La Roche, Francisco; Genise, Jorge F.; Castillo, Carolina; Quesada, María Luisa; García-Gotera, Cristo M.; De la Nuez, Julio (September 2014). "Fossil bee cells from the Canary Islands. Ichnotaxonomy, palaeobiology and palaeoenvironments of Palmiraichnus castellanosi". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 409: 262. Bibcode:2014PPP...409..249L. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.05.012. hdl:11336/84525.
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