Species
Palaeophycus alternatus Pemberton et Frey, 1982
Taxon description
Pemberton & Frey, 1982
Slightly curved, thinly lined burrows of regularly varying dimensions, finely striated longitudinally and in places distinctly annulated. Striae consist of thin wavy ridges and grooves, best developed where annulations are absent. Known specimens are rarely branced and exibit little burrow collapse. Preserved as hypichnial ridges.
Synonymy list
1982 Palaeophycus alternatus, n. ichnosp. — Pemberton & Frey , pp. 863, fig. 2:6; 3:4,5; 4:1
1990 Palaeophycus alternatus Pemberton & Frey, 1982 — Dam , pp. 134, fig. fig. 11D
1995 Palaeophycus alternatus Pemberton & Frey, 1982 — Buckman , pp. 132
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioturbation trace fossils | |
Genus | Palaeophycus |
Species | acicula |
alternatus | |
bolbitermilus | |
crenulatus | |
ferrovittatus | |
gracilis | |
striatus | |
sulcatus | |
tubularis | |
vulgaris |