Taxon description
Nielsen et al., 1996
Diagnosis: A Conichnus that consists of sub-conicaldepressions having two main components: an upper, broad, dish-shaped depression and a steeply inclinedcone in the central part of the trace fossil. The dish-shaped upper depression tends to be oval in form.
Type specimen data
holotype : Geological Museum of Copenhagen MGUH 22180 , Quarry at Rønne Golf Course, Bornholm , Lower Cretaceous , Gluelaquerpeel, Østerborg Member of the Robbedale Formation, Lower Cretaceous
Synonymy list
1996 Conichnus conosinus isp. n. — Nielsen et al. , pp. 120-121 , fig. 6, 7
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
Genus | Conichnus |
Species | conicus |
conosinus |