Species
Ptychoplasma conica Pieńkowski & Uchman, 2009
Taxon description
Pieńkowski & Uchman, 2009
Diagnosis. — Straight to slightly winding chain of hypichnial, mostly conical mounds, which can partly overlap.
Description. — Rows of hypichnial mounds on a sandstone bed. The mounds are conical or pouch-like, isometric or elongate, round to oval or slightly lobate ovalin outline, 13–38 mm wide, 18–35 mm long, as much as 30 mm high. The surface of the mounds is smooth, or only having irregular, gently sloping concavities of convexities. Their top is hemispherical or flat.
Synonymy list
2009 Ptychoplasma conica isp. nov. — Pieńkowski & Uchman , pp. 401, fig. 3-6
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioturbation trace fossils | |
Genus | Ptychoplasma |
Species | conica |
excelsa |