Species

Musculopodus sedentarius Getty et Hagadorn, 2008

Taxon description

Getty & Hagadorn, 2008

Diagnosis.⎯Elongate to ovoid body impressions. Length to width ratio between 1.9 and 2.7 to 1. Impressions are shallow relative to their linear dimensions. When produced in soft substrates, largest dimensions of impressions are oriented parallel or subparallel to bedding.

Type specimen data
holotype : New York State Museum, Albany, New York NYSM 17682 , , Cambrian , Late Cambrian Keeseville Member of thePotsdam Formation, Mooers, New Yor
Synonymy list
2008     Musculopodus sedentarius new ichnospecies — Getty & Hagadorn , pp. 1170 , fig. 8,9
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Soft-sediment trace fossils
GenusMusculopodus
Speciessedentarius