Species

Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902

Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Alcyonidiopsis

Taxon ID: 12881
Fossil group: Ichnofossils
Belongs to: Tomaculum
Other version of taxon: Alcyonidiopsis
Stratigraphic range: Cambrian Stage 4 → Recent (within ca. 514.0
Taxon description

Eiserhardt et al., 2001

Revised Diagnosis: Pill-like coprogene pellets, cylindrical with concave terminations (informal name for single pellet: Copndus sensu Richter & Richter 1939 a; nomen nudum), epifaunal originated on bedding planes, arranged as curvcd or angular strings or bands.

Groom, 1902

Description. Small sausage-shaped bodies. They are isolated, or in groups of two or three, but are usually collected together in elomgated patches, or in shoet, broad, or narrow, more or less irregularly curved bent strings, wich are flattened in the plane of bedding.

Synonymy list
1902     Tomaculum problematicum, gen et sp, nov. — Groom , pp. 127, fig. 32-35
1939     Syncoprulus pharmaceus n. sp. — Richter & Richter , pp. 164, fig. 1-7
1941     Tomaculum problematicum — Péneau , pp. 127-132, fig. 1-11
1941     Tomaculum problematicum — Volk , pp. 123-126, fig. 1-4
2001     Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902 — Eiserhardt et al. , pp. 325-358, fig. 1-8
2003     Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902 — Bruthansová & Kraft , pp. 437-438
2004     Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902 — Vizcaïno, Álvaro & Monceret , pp. 285, fig. 4:11,12
2007     Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902 — Podhalańska , pp. 299, fig. 5g
2012     Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902 — Weber, Hu, Steiner & Zhao , pp. 89, fig. F10
2016     Tomaculum problematicum Groom, 1902 — Neto de Carvalho et al. , pp. 30, fig. 4J
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
GenusTomaculum
Speciesproblematicum