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    An insect boring in an Early Cretaceous wood from Bornholm, Denmark

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    An insect boring of unique shape is described from a lignitic layer within the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Skyttegård Member of the Rabekke Formation on Bornholm. Morphologically it cannot be compared to any modern or fossil wood borings, although some structures are reminiscent of Scolytidae, Platypodidae and Lymexylonidae. Most probably, however, the tracemaker was a female fungus-farming beetle, thus producing an agrichnion.Fil: Mikulás, Radek. Czech Academy of Sciences; República ChecaFil: Milàn, Jesper. No especifíca;Fil: Genise, Jorge Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia"; ArgentinaFil: Bertling, Markus. Westfälische Wilhelms Universität; AlemaniaFil: Bromley, Richard G.. Geological Institute Copenhagen; Dinamarc
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