Teisseirei


Teisseirei is a Cretaceous trace fossil representing the pupation chamber of a sphinx moth. It has been found in Argentina and Uruguay. Later they were also found in the Early Oligocene Santiago Yolomécatl site.
Francisco [Lucas Roselli] described in 1939 the ichnogenus Teisseirei and its unique ichnospecies, Teisseirei barattinia. It was named for Auguste Teisseire, a French amateur palaeontologist, and for Luis Barattini, the Director of the National Oceanographic Museum of Uruguay at that time.