Species
Tremichnus excavatus (Donovan et Jagt, 2003)
Taxon description
Pokorný & Štofik, 2017
Diagnosis Sedilichnus cf. excavatus (Donovan and Jagt, 2002): Circular to elliptical, nonpenetrative Sedilichnus, with a broad, high, raised central boss or pedestal. Aperture of boring may or may not be overhanging; walls are concave or V-shaped (Blissett and Pickerill,2007; and Zonneveld and Gingras, 2014).
Blissett & Pickerill, 2007
Diagnosis – (After Blissett & Pickerill, 2003c, p. 223.) “Circular to elliptical, nonpenetrative Oichnus, almost invariably with a broad, high, raised central boss. Aperture of boring may or may not be overhanging, but walls typically concave and may be V-shaped.”
Donovan & Jagt, 2003
Diagnosis: Circular to elliptical, nonpenetrative Oichnus, almost invariably with a broad, high, raised central boss. Aperture of boring overhanging and walls concave.
Synonymy list
2003 Oichnus excavatus isp nov. — Donovan & Jagt , pp. 69, fig. 2A, C; 3A, B; 4C; 5
2007 Oichnus excavatus Donovan & Jagt, 2003 — Blisset & Pickerill , pp. 88, fig. 3:3
2017 Sedilichnus cf. excavatus (Donovan and Jagt, 2002) — Pokorný & Štofik , pp. 12, fig. 7H-I
2019 Tremichnus excavatus (Donovan & Jagt, 2002) — Wisshak, Knaust & Bertling , pp. 16
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Centrichnidae |
Genus | Tremichnus |
Species | cysticus |
excavatus | |
minutus | |
paraboloides | |
puteolus |