Genus
Platydendrina Vogel, Golubic et Brett, 1987
Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Clionolithes
Taxon ID: 16346
Fossil group: Ichnofossils
Belongs to: Bioerosional trace fossils
Other version of taxon: Clionolithes
Baltoscandian species (in database):
Taxon description
Vogel et al., 1987
Diagnosis.- Prostrate rosette-shaped system spreading parallel to, and immediately beneath, the substrate surface, with a large flat central area. Dorsal surfaces are smooth, whereas the ventral surfaces are beset by spiny outgrowths that connect to the substrate surface.
Buatois et al., 2017
Category of architectural design: 2.75. Dendritic and rosetted borings.
Knaust, 2012a
Branched, rosetted.
Classification