Species

Curvolithus simplex Buatois, Mángano, Mikuláš et Maples, 1998

Taxon description

Buatois et al., 1998a

Diagnosis.—Curvolithus with a smooth, trilobate upper sur­face and a smooth, unilobate to trilobate, concave or convex lower surface.

Krobicki & Uchman, 2003

Diagnosis:  Curvolithus  with  a  smooth,  trilobate  upper surface and a smooth, unilobate or trilobate, concave or convex lower surface (after Buatois et al. 1998).

Hanken et al., 2016

This is an endichnial trilobate band-like curved structure, 6–7 mm wide, seen from below. Its central, wider part, 3 mm wide, is slightly convex and elevated, or slightly concave and depressed. It is bordered by two side semicircular bevels that are 1.5–2.0 mm wide.

Synonymy list
2003     Curvolithus simplex Buatois, Mángano, Mikuláš, and Maples, 1998 — Krobicki & Uchman , pp. 177, fig. 3
2016     Curvolithus simplex Buatois, Mángano, Mikuláš, and Maples, 1998 — Hanken et al. , pp. 200, fig. 5E
2018     Curvolithus simplex Buatois etal. 1998 — Hovikoski et al. , pp. 8C
Selection of related publications
Hanken, N.-M., Uchman, A., Nielsen, J. K., Olaussen, S., Eggebø, T., Steinsland, R. 2016. Late Ordovician trace fossils from offshore to shallow water mixed siliciclastic and carbonate facies in the Ringerike Area, Oslo Region, Norway. Ichnos 23, 3-4, 189-221. DOI:10.1080/10420940.2016.1199427
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioturbation trace fossils
GenusCurvolithus
Speciesmultiplex
simplex
References based on distribution