Species
Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley et D’Alessandro, 1983
Taxon description
Bromley & D'Alessandro, 1984
Diagnosis. Boring curved in a sinuous U-shape or ear-shape to produce complex structures consisting of lobes. Normally, a lobe or series of them is curved within a plane or twisted along its axis. Vane well developped. Generally the lobes are connected in such a way that each individual element lies in a different plane, sub-parallel or rotated in respect to its nieghbour. Aperture apparently simple 8-shaped.
Botquelen & Mayoral, 2005
Description. Boring network produced by a cylindrical gallery subdivided into U-shaped (7 mm wide and 13 mm long) and S-shaped (4 mm wide and 8–17 mm long) lobes. The inner edges of the limbs are connected by a vane. Lobes are connected to each other, and each lobe is subparallel to its neighbour, but lies in a different plane.
Type specimen data
holotype : University of Copenhagen MGUH 16065 ,
Synonymy list
1983 Caulostrepsis contorta ichnosp. n. — Bromley & D'Alessandro , pp. 288 , fig. Pl. 23; 25:3,4
1991 Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Radtke , pp. 54 , fig. Taf. 4 figs 1+3
1991 Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley & D’Alessandro, 1983 — Mayoral , pp. 56 , fig. Fig. 1-3, Tab. 1:1-4; 2:1-3
2005 Caulostrepsis contorta Bromley and D’Alessandro, 1983 — Botquelen & Mayoral , pp. 1061 , fig. 2F,5
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Osteichnidae |
| Genus | Caulostrepsis |
| Species | avipes |
| biforans | |
| contorta | |
| cretacea | |
| spiralis | |
| taeniola | |
| unranked | dunbari |