Genus

Siphonichnus Stanistreet, le Blanc Smith et Cadle, 1980

Taxon description

Knaust, 2015b

Diagnosis (emended): Vertical, oblique or horizontal cylindrical burrow with a linear, winding or bow-shaped morphology, circular to oval in cross-section, characterised by a laminated meniscate mantle (active fill), which is penetrated by a homogeneous core (passive fill).

Selection of related publications

Knaust, D. 2015. Siphonichnidae (new ichnofamily) attributed to the burrowing activity of bivalves: Ichnotaxonomy, behaviour and palaeoenvironmental implications. Earth-Science Reviews 150, 497-519. DOI:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.07.014

List of species

1. Siphonichnus ophthalmoides (Jessen, 1950) | Middle Ordovician→Holocene

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Soft-sediment trace fossils
Family	Siphonichnidae
Genus	Hillichnus
	Laevicyclus
	Parahaentzschelinia
	Scalichnus
	Siphonichnus
Species	ophthalmoides

References based on distribution

Knaust, 2015b Helsingborg, Skåne Jurassic