Description:Paleoscolytus is a variously oriented, simple, thin, cylindrical boring found in woody substrates. Probable tracemaker was a wood-boring beetle, such as those of Scolididae.
Age: Triassic
Formation: Chinle
Location: Arizona, USA
Collector: S. Hasiotis
Photographer: A. J. Martin
Comments: These specimens, preserved in petrified wood, demonstrate the variable orientations of the borings.
Age: Triassic
Formation: Chinle
Location: Arizona, USA
Collector:
Photographer: A. J. Martin
Comments: This infilled boring in petrified wood shows the thin, cylindrical shape associated with this ichnogenus.
