Trace Fossils of Dung Beetles

• Published in: Ichnoentomology Vol. 37; pp. 173 - 192
• Main Author: Genise, Jorge Fernando
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2016; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Topics in Geobiology
• Subjects: Chubutolithes; Coprinisphaera; Eatonichnus; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Evolution of coprophagy and necrophagy in Scarabaeidae; Insects (entomology); Palaeontology; Pallichnus; Quirogaichnus; Scaphichnium; Trace fossils of dung beetles

The ichnogenera Coprinisphaera, Quirogaichnus, Eatonichnus, Chubutolithes, Pallichnus, Scaphichnium and other meniscate burrows attributed to dung beetles are reviewed. Coprinisphaera is one of the most emblematic insect trace fossil from paleosols: it is one of the first described, one of the most...