Species

Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858

Taxon description

Gibert & Ekdale, 2002

Tracemaker. Cochlichnus has been interpreted as a locomotion or grazing trace (Buatois et al., 1997). It has been traditionally suggested that the most likely producers of this trace are nematode worms (Moussa, 1970), although Gluszek (1995) proposed a longer list of potential tracemakers, including also annelids, nematomorphs, dipterous insect larvae and cyclostome agnathans.

Chen, Z.-Q. et al., 2012

Description. Sinusoidal, unbranched, unlined burrows are preserved in positiverelief (Fig. 9F). Burrow is 2 mm in diameter and consistent in width through the entire length observed. Wavelength is about 10 mm, and amplitude of the wave ranges from 2 mm to 3 mm.

Synonymy list

1990 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Fillion and Pickerill , pp. 23, fig. 3.3

1990 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Dam , pp. 125, fig. 6A

1992 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Pickerill , pp. 23, fig. 4F

1996 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Buatois et al. , pp. 292, fig. 8A.B

1998 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Buatois and Mángano , pp. 313, fig. 4F

1998 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Stanley & Pickerill , fig. 2:1; 11.4

2000 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Schlirf , pp. 176, fig. 8.9–8.11, text fig. 27

2002 Cochlichnus anguineus — Gibert & Ekdale , pp. 2, fig. 277

2003 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Kim & Pickerill , pp. 46, fig. 4A

2003 Cochlichnus anguineus Hitchcock, 1858 — Aceñolaza & Tortello , pp. 97, fig. 3.3; 3.5; 3.7c

Selection of related publications

Uchman, A., Kazakauskas, V., Gaigalas, A. 2009. Trace fossils from Late Pleistocene varved lacustrine sediments in eastern Lithuania. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 272, 199-211. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.08.003

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioturbation trace fossils
Genus	Cochlichnus
Species	anguineus
	annulatus

References based on distribution

Uchman et al., 2009 Pleistocene