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
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioturbation trace fossils | |
Genus | Palaeophycus |
Species | acicula |
alternatus | |
bolbitermilus | |
crenulatus | |
ferrovittatus | |
gracilis | |
striatus | |
sulcatus | |
tubularis | |
vulgaris |