Species

Pilichnus dichtotomus Uchman, 1999

Taxon description

Razzolini et al., 2016

Description. Horizontal, straight, curved to irregularly winding, strings without wall, preserved in full-relief on parting surfaces in marlstones. The strings are 0.5-0.8 mm wide. They are filled with a dark, ferruginous, argillaceous sediment and surrounded by a yellowish halo. Dichotomous, Y-shaped and T-shaped branches can occur.

Synonymy list
1999     Pilichnus dichotomus n. isp. — Uchman , pp. 98, fig. 6:&,8
2003     Pilichnus dichotomus Uchman 1999 — Leszczyński , pp. 115, fig. 26
2007     Pilichnus dichtotomus Uchman, 1999 — Uchman , pp. 990, fig. 4D-E
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Soft-sediment trace fossils
GenusPilichnus
Speciesdichtotomus