Species
Psammichnites gigas (Torell, 1868)
Taxon description
Hofmann & Patel, 1989
Description. Large, long, generally broadly curved, bilobate endichnial crawling trails with complex internal and external morphology, presenting different morphologic aspects depending on level of view; casting medium same as matrix.
Synonymy list
1868 Arenicolites gigas — Torell
1888 Psammichnites gigas — Matthew , pp. 2
1890 Psammichnites gigas — Matthew , pp. 138 , fig. 157-158
1977 ? Scolicia sp. — Crimes et al. , pp. 124 , fig. 7d,e
1987 Psammichnites gigas (Torell, 1868) — Hofmann & Patel , pp. 145 , fig. 3a-c, 4a-e, 5
1999 Psammichnites gigas (Torell, 1868) — Alvaro & Vizcaino , pp. 823
2007 Psammichnites gigas (Torell, 1868) — Jago & Gatehouse , pp. 535 , fig. 6a-c, 7a-c, 8a-d
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
| Genus | Psammichnites |
| Species | gigas |
| grumula | |
| implexus | |
| plummeri | |
| saltensis |