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 group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
Genus | Musculopodus |
Species | sedentarius |