Coprinisphaeridae

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Coprinisphaeridae
Ichnogenera: †Coprinisphaera – †Chubutolithes – †Eatonichnus – †Feoichnus – †Monesichnus – †Pallisphaera – †Quirogaichnus – †Racemusichnus – †Rebuffoichnus – †Teisseirei

Name

Coprinisphaeridae Genise, 2004

Type ichnogenus: Coprinisphaera Sauer, 1955.

References

Primary references

• Genise, J.F. 2004. Ichnotaxonomy and ichnostratigraphy of chambered trace fossils in paleosols attributed to coleopterans, ants and termites. In: McIlroy, D. (ed.) The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228: 419–453. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.19 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Genise, J.F. 2016. The Keys I: Celliformidae and Coprinisphaeridae. Pp. 71–105. In: Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols. Topics in Geobiology 37. Springer. XXVIII + 695 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7_5 . Reference page. 
• Genise, J.F., Bellosi, E.S., Sarzetti, L.C., Krause, J.M., Dinghi, P.A., Sánchez, M.V., Umazano, A.M., Puerta, P., Cantil, L.F. & Jicha, B.R. 2020. 100 Ma sweat bee nests: Early and rapid co-diversification of crown bees and flowering plants. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227789. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227789 . Reference page. 
• Laza, J.H. 2006. Dung-Beetle Fossil Brood Balls: The Ichnogenera Coprinisphaera Sauer and Quirogaichnus (Coprinisphaeridae). Ichnos 13(4): 217–235. DOI: 10.1080/10420940600843641 .
• Sánchez, M.V., Bellosi, E.S., Genise, J.F., Kramarz, A. & Sarzetti, L.C. 2021. An assemblage of large-sized insect traces in paleosols from the middle Miocene of northern Patagonia related to the climatic optimum. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 109: 103249. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103249 . Reference page.