Species
Scotolithus mirabilis Linnarsson, 1871
Taxon description
Jensen, 1997
Diagnosis. - Curved burrows running down from a vertical shaft, at the base of bed, typically turning horizontal. Arranged in a radial or fan-shaped form. Number of burrows low, not densely covering the sediment surface, and due to burrow curvature resulting in an untouched area immediately below the vertical shaft. (Partly based on Linnarsson 1871).
Synonymy list
1871 Scotolith us mirabilis Linnarsson 1871 — Jensen , pp. 18-19 , fig. only fig. 21
1997 Scotolithus mirabilis n.g. et sp. — Linnarsson , pp. 87 , fig. 36A-B, 58D, 59
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
| Genus | Scotolithus |
| Species | mirabilis |