Ichnofossils
Species

Finichnus peristoma (Taylor, Wilson et Bromley, 1999)

Taxon description

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.

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.

Type specimen data
holotype : NHM London NHM TF 79(1) , Broom Pit, England , Pliocene , Coralline Grag Fm
Synonymy list
1999     Leptichnusn peristoma isp. nov. — Taylor et al. , pp. 600 , fig. 1:1-6
2017     Finichnus peristoma (Taylor, Wilson et Bromley, 1999) — Pokorný & Štofik , pp. 217 , fig. 11B-D
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyPodichnidae
GenusFinichnus
Speciesdromeus
peristoma
tortus