Species
Ophiomorpha annulata (Ksiązkiewicz, 1977)
Taxon description
Leszczyński, 2003
Diagnosis: Mainly horizontal or subhorizontal, cylindrical, rarely branched, covered with elongate pellets arranged perpendicularly to the long axis of burrow. Sharp angles prevail at branching points. Swellings are common. In flysch deposits, small hypichnial, smooth and straight forms usually 2-6 mm in diameter, are common (Uchman, 1995).
Howard & Frey, 1984
Diagnosis Burrow walls consisting of evenly spaced, transverse rows of elliptical pellets; end to end pellets form more or less continuous rings or annulations around burrowsegments.
Synonymy list
1977 Arthrophycus annulatus n. isp. — Ksiązkiewicz , pp. 68, fig. 2.2, text fig. 9e
1982 Ophiomorpha annulata — Frey & Howard , fig. 2a, 4b
1984 Ophiomorpha annulata (Ksiazkiewicz, 1977) — Howard & Frey , pp. 205
1985 Ophiomorpha annulata (Ksiazkiewicz, 1977) — Frey & Howard , pp. 379, fig. 5.1-5.4; 10.13; 11.1; 16.1; 16.6
1998 Ophiomorpha annulata — Uchman , pp. 125, fig. 24
2001 Ophiomorpha annulata (Ksiazkiewicz, 1977) — Uchman , pp. 12
2003 Ophiomorpha ? annulata (Ksiązkiewicz 1977) — Leszczyński , pp. 114, fig. 24
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioturbation trace fossils | |
Genus | Ophiomorpha |
Species | annulata |
irregulaire | |
nodosa | |
rectus | |
rudis |