Species
Tremichnus puteolus Brett, 1985
Taxon description
Brett, 1985
Diagnosis. -Moderate to large compared with T. paraboloides, T. cysticus or T. minutus, 0.5-4.0 mm diameter, (x = 1.61,
SD = 0.99, N = 22); few (maximum 7) pits per calyx; shallow pits (depth/diameter ratio 1:6); typically with flattened, slightly irregular floors. Pits exhibit a faint and often incomplete ring (circular groove), concentric with outer borders; generally 0.2-0.5 mm inward from main border, but may occur outside outer border; pits frequently intersect.
Synonymy list
1985 Tremichnus puteolus n. ichnosp. — Brett , pp. 629, fig. 6
2017 Lacrimichnus puteolus — Donovan & Pickerill , pp. 828
2019 Tremichnus puteolus Brett, 1985 — 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 |