Species
Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly et Bromley, 1984
Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Gastrochaenolites japonicus
Taxon ID: 15017
Fossil group: Ichnofossils
Belongs to: Gastrochaenolites
Other version of taxon: Gastrochaenolites japonicus
Taxon description
Uchman et al., 2018a
Description.—Date-shaped boring, 15–30 mm long, with smooth surface. The main chamber is 8–12 mm wide. The neck is absent, aperture is 6–10 mm wide. Both the basal and apertural parts are rounded to oval in transverse section. In some specimens, a cast commissure is visible as a straight, longitudinal shallow furrow.
Synonymy list
1984 Gastrochaenolites torpedo ichnosp. nov. — Kelly & Bromley , pp. 802, fig. text-figs 3F, 8A‒B.
2007 Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley, 1984 — Farinati , pp. 281
2018 Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley, 1984 — Uchman et al. , pp. 3, fig. Figures 2, 3.2, 6.1, 6.2
2018 Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley, 1984 — Uchman et al. , pp. 3, fig. 2; 3.2, 6.1; 6.2
2018 Gastrochaenolites torpedo Kelly and Bromley, 1984 — El-Hedeny & El-Sabbagh , pp. 8, fig. 6B, C, 9A, B
Selection of related publications
Uchman, A., Stachacz, M., Salamon, K. 2018. Spirolites radwanskii n. igen. n. isp.: vermetid gastropod attachment etching trace from the middle Miocene rocky coast of the Paratethys, Poland. Journal of Paleontology 92, 5, 883-895. DOI:10.1017/jpa.2017.95
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Gastrochaenolitidae |
| Genus | Gastrochaenolites |
| Species | ampullatus |
| anauchen | |
| cluniformis | |
| cor | |
| dijugus | |
| hospitium | |
| japonicus | |
| lapidicus | |
| oelandicus | |
| orbicularis | |
| ornatus | |
| pickerilli | |
| raigadensis | |
| torpedo | |
| turbinatus | |
| vivus |
References based on distribution
- Uchman et al., 2018a Skotniki Miocene