Fossil group: Ichnofossils
Genus Oichnus Bromley, 1981

Taxon ID: 13353 | 2016-01-03 / 2017-08-14
Belongs to: Ichnofossils
Sister taxa: Amphorichnus | Anoigmaichnus | Arachnostega | Archaeonassa | Arcuatichnus | Arenicolites | Arenituba | Aulichnites | Balanoglossites | Balticapunctum | Beaconites | Bergaueria | Bilinichnus | Brooksella | Burrinjuckia | Caedichnus | Chaetosalpinx | Cheiichnus | Chondrites | Cochlichnus | Conichnus | Cruziana | Curvolithus | Dendrorhaphe | Dictyodora | Didymaulichnus | Dimorphichnus | Diplichnites | Diplocraterion | Fasciculus | Fucoides circinatus | Furculosus | Gastrochaenolites | Glaciichnium | Gnathichnus | Gordia | Gyrochorte | Gyrolithes | Gyrophyllites | Halimedides | Halopoa | Helicosalpinx | Helminthoidichnites | Helminthopsis | Hormosiroidea | Ilmenichnus | Intrites | Labyrintichnus | Lockeia | Macaronichnus | Medvezhichnus | Megagrapton | Monocraterion | Monomorphichnus | Multina | Naviculichnium | Nenoxites | Neonereites | Nerteites | Oikobesalon | Oniscoidichnus | Ophiomorpha | Osprioneides | Palaeopascichnus | Palaeophycus | Palaeosabella | Paleohelcura | Palmichnuim | Paracanthorhaphe | Petroxestes | Phycodes | Phycosiphon | Plagiogmus | Planolites | Polarichnus | Polykladichnus | Protovirgularia | Psammichnites | Ptychoplasma | Rhizocorallium | Rogerella | Rosselia | Rugalichnus | Rusophycus | Saerichnites | Sagittichnus | Sanctum | Scolicia | Scotolithus | Skolithos | Squamodictyon | Steinsfjordichnus | Sulcichnus | Suzmites | Syringomorpha | Taenidium | Teichichnus | Thalassinoides | Tremichnus | Treptichnus | Trichichnus | Trichophycus | Trypanites | Tubichnus | Undichna | Vendichnus | Vimenites | Zoophycos
Contains: Oichnus paraboloides | Oichnus simplex
Stratigraphic range: Ediacara – Recent | ~ 650,0–0,0 Ma
Baltoscandian species (in database): 2

Selection of related publications

  • Vinn et al., 2015c. Tremichnus in crinoid pluricolumnals from the Silurian of Western Estonia (Baltica) [DOI]
  • Bromley, 1981. Concepts in ichnology illustrated by small round holes in shells

Taxon occurrences on map


Identifications of taxon in collection specimens

Taxon images

Oichnus isp., GIT 405-165-1
GIT 405-165-1 Oichnus isp.
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Oichnus isp., GIT 405-247-1
GIT 405-247-1 Oichnus isp.
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Oichnus isp., GIT 405-165-1
GIT 405-165-1 Oichnus isp.
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Oichnus isp., GIT 225-743-1
GIT 225-743-1 Oichnus isp.
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Oichnus isp., GIT 225-743-1
GIT 225-743-1 Oichnus isp.
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Oichnus isp., GIT 225-744-1
GIT 225-744-1 Oichnus isp.
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