Species

Finichnus peristoma (Taylor, Wilson et Bromley, 1999)

Type specimen data

holotype: NHM London ; NHM TF 79(1); Broom Pit, England; Pliocene , Coralline Grag Fm.

Reference:

Taylor, P. D., Wilson, M. A., Bromley, R. G. 1999. A new ichnogenus for etchings made by cheilostome bryozoans into calcareous substrates. pp. 595-604. DOI:10.1111/1475-4983.00087

Taxon description

Pokorný & Štofik, 2017

Diagnosis: Finichnus with subcircular, elliptical, or pear-shaped pits entirely or predominantly multiserially arranged. Long axes of pits are aligned radially from the center of the grouping (Taylor et al., 1999).

Description: Poorly preserved specimens that consist of multiserially arranged lines of shallow, elliptical or pyriform pits, which reach a length of 0.25–0.35 mm and width of 0.1–0.3 mm at the inner surface of the mollusk shells. The total etched area does not exceed 5x10 mm.

Taylor et al., 1999

Diagnosis. Leptichnus with sub-circular, elliptical or pear-shaped pits entirely or predominantly multiserially arranged. Pit long axes are aligned radially from the centre of the grouping.

Synonymy list

1999 Leptichnus peristoma isp. nov. — Taylor et al. , pp. 600, fig. 1:1-6

2003 Leptichnus peristroma — Jagt & Dortangs , pp. 29, fig. 2,3

2013 Finichnus peristoma — Taylor et al. , pp. 456

2017 Finichnus peristoma (Taylor, Wilson et Bromley, 1999) — Pokorný & Štofik , pp. 217, fig. 11B-D

2022 Finichnus peristroma (Taylor et al., 1999) — Wisshak et al. , pp. 11

2022 Finichnus peristroma (Taylor et al., 1999) — Martinell & Domènech , pp. 242

Selection of related publications

Wisshak, M., Meyer, N., Kuklinski, P., Rüggeberg, A., Freiwald, A. 2022. ‘Ten Years After’—a long‐term settlement and bioerosion experiment in an Arctic rhodolith bed (Mosselbukta, Svalbard). Geobiology 20, 1, 112-136. DOI:10.1111/gbi.12469

Jagt, J. W. M., Dortangs, R. W. 2003. Opmerkelijke Luiks-Limburgse Krijtfossielen. Deel 6. Mosdiertjes vermist [Remarkable Liège-Limburg Cretaceous Fossils. Part 6. Moss Animals Missing]. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 92, 28-29.

Taylor, P. D., Wilson, M. A., Bromley, R. G. 1999. A new ichnogenus for etchings made by cheilostome bryozoans into calcareous substrates. Palaeontology 42, 4, 595-604. DOI:10.1111/1475-4983.00087

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Podichnidae
Genus	Finichnus
Species	dromeus
	peristoma
	tortus

References based on distribution

Taylor et al., 1999 Broom Pit, England Pleistocene
Wisshak et al., 2022a Recent
Jagt & Dortangs, 2003 Eben Emael Maastrichtian