Species
Rhizocorallium commune Schmid, 1876
Taxon description
Knaust, 2013
Emended diagnosis: Unbranched, rarely branched burrows with a preferred subhorizontal orientation. The burrows are elongate, band-like, straight or winding, and may have subparallel longitudinal scratches on the wall. Faecal pellets (Coprulus isp.) are common within the actively filled spreite and the marginal tube.
Synonymy list
1843 Fucoides auriformis — Hall , pp. 47 , fig. Pl.1:2
1876 Rhizocorallium commune n. sp. — Schmid , pp. 5,14,17
1876 Lithochela problematica Guemb — Gümbel , pp. 411
1876 Rhizocorallium commune n. sp. — Schmid , pp. 5, 14, 17
1904 Myelophycus curvatum — Ulrich , pp. 145-146 , fig. Pl. 13:2
1905 Cancellophycus — Fliche , pp. 20-21 , fig. Pl.1:1
1929 Cavernaecola bärtlingi — Bentz , fig. Figs 1,2, Pl. 74
1930 Rhizocorallium devonicum nov. sp. — Hecker , pp. 152-153,156 , fig. XVI 1-2
1930 Rhizocorallium devonicum nov. sp — Hecker , pp. 152-153 , fig. Pl.16:1-2
1941 Upsiloides permiana, gen. et sp. nov. — Byrne and Branson , pp. 261 , fig. Fig. 1-6
1954 Rhizocorallium irregulare n. sp. — Mayer , pp. 82-83 , fig. Pl. 2–3, figs. 1–4
1958 Rhizocorallium uliarensis — Firtion , pp. 111 , fig. Fig. 1, 3; pl. 1–2
1958 Rhizocorallium? striatum nov. spec. — Kühn , pp. 447-449 , fig. Fig. 3
1965 Rhizocorallium devonicum Gekker — Hecker , pp. 42 , fig. X 1
1974 Rhizocorallium uliarense Firtion, 1958 — Fürsich , pp. 24
1975 Rhizocorallium mongraensis sp. nov. — Chiplonkar and Ghare , pp. 78-79 , fig. Figs. 2I, 4
1979 Rhizocorallium karaiensis sp. nov. — Chiplonkar and Ghare , pp. 104 , fig. Pl. 1:7
1980 Ilmenichnus devonicus (Hecker, 1930) — Hecker , pp. 20 , fig. pl3 fig.2
1982 Rhizocorallium kueichowensis n. ichnospec. Yang et Sun — Yang & Sun , pp. 373 , fig. Pl. 1:1–6; pl. 3:1
1986 Rhizocorllium jenense Zenker, 1836 — Clausen & Vilhjalmsson , pp. 60 , fig. Pl. II C
1986 Rhizocorallium kutchensis ichnosp. nov. — Ghare & Kulkarni , pp. 55-51 , fig. Pl. 6:2
1988 Gumatagichnus unguliformis Gab., Kurb. et Senn., ichnosp. nov — Gabunia et al. , pp. 196 , fig. Figs 2-3
1992 Rhizocorallium shexingensis (ichnosp. nov.) — Yao et al. , pp. 222 , fig. Pl. 1:5–6
1992 Rhizocorallium lhasaensis (ichnosp. nov.) — Yao et al. , pp. 221-222 , fig. Pl. 1:1,7a; pl. 2:2a, b, 5, 7
1993 Rhizocorallium wanghucunensis Xia, Zhong, Fan et al.
(sp. nov) — Xia et al. , pp. 61-62 , fig. Pl. 1:1–6
1996 Rhizocorallium lixianensis ichnosp. nov. — Zhang & Wang , pp. 485–486 , fig. Pl. 3:15
1997 Rhizocorallium yelamensis ichnosp. nov. — Sanganwar & Kundal , pp. 51 , fig. Fig. 3/7
2008 Rhizocorallium irregulare — Rodríguez-Tovar & Pérez-Valera , pp. 81 , fig. Figs. 5–7
2011 Ilmenichnus atherus n. isp. — Schlirf , pp. 41-42 , fig. Figs. 6–10
2011 Ilmenichnus multilobatus n. isp. — Schlirf , pp. 45 , fig. Fig. 5, 11–12
2012 Rhizocorallium commune — Knaust et al. , pp. 725-726 , fig. 8E,F
2013 Rhizocorallium commune Schmid, 1876 — Knaust , pp. 18 , fig. 25
2017 Rhizocorallium commune — Sedorko et al. , pp. 312 , fig. Fig. 3K
Selection of related publications
Clausen, C. K., Vilhjálmsson, M. 1986. Substrate control of lower Cambrian trace fossils from Bornholm, Denmark. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 56, 1-2, 51-68. Elsevier BV. DOI:10.1016/0031-0182(86)90107-0
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Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
| Family | Rhizocoralliidae |
| Genus | Rhizocorallium |
| Species | commune |
| irregulare | |
| jenense |
References based on distribution
- Clausen & Vilhjálmsson, 1986 Broens Odde outcrop, Bornholm Lower Cambrian (old nomenclature)