Species

Gnathichnus pentax Bromley, 1975

Taxon description

Diagnosis. Gnathichnus consisting of a regular stellate grouping of five similar grooves, radiating at c, 72°.

Type specimen data

holotype : Mineralogisk Museum, Copenhagen MMH 13386 , , , Sgourou Fm.

Synonymy list

1975 Ichnospecies Gnathichnus pentax nov. — Bromley , pp. 738 , fig. 85:1-3; 86: 3-5; 87: 1-7; 8:1-7

1980 Rederosignus quinqueradialis — Michalík

1992 Gnathichnus stellarum — Breton et al.

2005 Gnathichnus pentax Bromley, 1975 — Wisshak et al. , pp. 111 , fig. 14E

2007 Gnathichnus pentax — de Gibert et al. , pp. 787 , fig. 4

Selection of related publications

Bromley, R. G. 1975. Comparative analysis of fossil and recent echinoid bioerosion. Palaeontology 18, 4, 725-739.

Classification

References based on distribution