Scaphichnium hamatum Bown and Kraus, 1983

DESCRIPTION: Hook- to small J-slaped cells with a bulbous termination. Internally composed of backfill menisci.

BEHAVIOR(S): Reproduction, calichnia.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Fully continental terrestrial; constructed in soils in the vadose (unsaturated) zone.

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Dung Beetles; constructed by the adults to hold an egg and feed the young when hatched.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Eocene-recent.

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Hasiotis et al., 1993, Hasiotis, 2002

REMARKS: Each cell is part of a more complex nest structure composed of multiple cells at the end of tunnels. Only the cell is preserved.