Following a review of relevant mechanisms and structures, we propose to use binary nomenclature for characterizing and naming most fossil egg-sets, clutches and ovipositions of damselflies as trace fossils. We recommend to sharply distinguish between structures caused by insects and adjoining plant tissues. Only the former are trace fossils, the latter are not.
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31 May 2016
Reproduction Structures of Damselflies (Odonata, Zygoptera): are They Trace Fossils or not?
Meinolf Hellmund,
Winfried Hellmund
Palaeodiversity
Vol. 9 • No. 1
December 2016
Vol. 9 • No. 1
December 2016
Odonata
oviposition
plant-insect interaction
trace fossils