Species
Palaeophycus sulcatus (Miller et Dyer, 1878)
Taxon description
Buckman, 1995
Anastomosing striae
Pemberton & Frey, 1982
Burrows infrequently branched, more or less straight, distinctly sculpted with interwoven small ridges and grooves. Crossovers and interpenetrations are common in some specimens. Matrix adjacent to base of burrow may exibit tensional microfaults. Preserved asendichna near lithologic interfaces or, more commonly, has hypichnal ridges.
Synonymy list
1878 Trichophycus sulcatum — Miller & Dyer , pp. 4-5 , fig. 4:5
1970 Fucusopsis sulcatum — Osgood
1982 Palaeophycus sulcatus (Miller and Dyer, 1878) — Pemberton & Frey , pp. 863 , fig. 2:2,3
1995 Palaeophycus sulcatus (Miller and Dyer, 1878) — Buckman , pp. 132
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
| Genus | Palaeophycus |
| Species | acicula |
| alternatus | |
| bolbitermilus | |
| crenulatus | |
| ferrovittatus | |
| gracilis | |
| striatus | |
| sulcatus | |
| tubularis | |
| vulgaris |