Species

Palaeophycus ferrovittatus Hofmann, 1983

Taxon description

Hofmann, 1983

Diagnosis  Rectilinear to curvilinear objects along bedding  planes, of millimetric width and centimetric length, composed of ornamented central axis of iron oxide, and surrounded by a smooth, generally thick, uniformly wide pelitic envelope; contact between axis and envelope has fine, uniform, submillimetric sculpture ranging from striated to verrucose; envelope distinguished from the coarser, poorly sorted sediment matrix by predominance of well sorted, fine-grained argillaceous material.

Buckman, 1995

Internal burrow parallel striae, & Fe core

Synonymy list
1983     Palaeophycus ferrovittatus n. sp. — Hofmann , pp. 1513-1517, fig. Figs. 2, 3, 4 A-C
1995     Palaeophycus ferrovittatus Hofmann, 1983 — Buckman , pp. 132