Species
Spirichnus spiralis Fürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994
Taxon description
Fürsich et al., 1994
Diagnosis: Cylindrical, irregularly spirally-coiled borings of 0.5mm in diameter, branching at highly irregular intervals.
Type specimen data
Synonymy list
1994 Spirichnus spiralis ichnosp. nov. — Fürsich et al. , pp. 166 , fig. 7:3,6
2017 Spirichnus spiralis Fürsich, Palmer and Goodyear. — Donovan et al. , fig. 1e
Selection of related publications
Fürsich, F. T., Palmer, T. J., Goodyear, K. L. 1994. Growth and disintegration of bivalve-dominated patch reefs in the Upper Jurassic of southern England. Palaeontology 37, 1, 131-171.
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Trypanitidae |
| Genus | Spirichnus |
| Species | contentus |
| spiralis | |
| vacillarum |
References based on distribution
- Fürsich et al., 1994 Isle of Portland Upper Jurassic