Termitichnus

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Krausichnidae
Ichnogenus: †Termitichnus
Ichnospecies: †T. namibiensis – †T. qatranii – †T. schneideri – †T. simplicidens

Name

Termitichnus Bown, 1982: 259

Type ichnospecies: Termitichnus qatranii Bown, 1982, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Bown, T.M. 1982. Ichnofossils and rizoliths of the nearshore fluvial Jebel Qatrani Formation (Oligocene), Fayum Province, Egypt. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 40(4): 255–309. DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(82)90031-1 . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Duringer, P., Schuster, M., Genise, J.F., Mackaye, H.T., Vignaud, P. & Brunet, M. 2007. New termite trace fossils: Galleries, nests and fungus combs from the Chad basin of Africa (Upper Miocene–Lower Pliocene). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 251: 323–353. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.029 . Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Genise, J.F. 2016. The Keys II: Krausichnidae and Pallichnidae. Pp. 107–134. In: Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols. Topics in Geobiology 37. Springer. XXVIII + 695 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7_6 . Reference page. 
• Genise, J.F. 2016. The Trace Fossil Record of Eusociality in Ants and Termites. Pp. 285–312. In: Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols. Topics in Geobiology 37. Springer. XXVIII + 695 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7_12 . Reference page. 
• Genise, J.F. & Bown, T.M. 1994. New trace fossils of termites (Insecta: Isoptera) from the late Eocene‐early Miocene of Egypt, and the reconstruction of ancient isopteran social behavior. Ichnos 3(3): 155–183. DOI: 10.1080/10420949409386386 . Reference page.