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 group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
Genus | Pilichnus |
Species | dichtotomus |