Species

Planobola microgota Schmidt, 1992

Type specimen data

holotype: Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main ; B04/472-1341; Raschberg;

Reference:

Schmidt, H. 1992. Mikrobohrspuren ausgewählter Faziesbereiche der tethyalen und germanischen Trias (Beschreibung, Vergleich und bathymetrische Interpretation). pp. 1-228.

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2008

Description. Featureless spherical to semi-spherical cavities, 15-60 µm in diameter, with latitudinal substrate contact characterise Planobola macrogota (Fig. 5G-H). The cavities may either be isolated or clustered in moderate numbers.

Blissett & Pickerill, 2007

Diagnosis – (Translated from the original German; Schmidt, 1992, p. 51.) “Spheroids with latitudinal contact to the substrate surface via vertical tubules.”
Description – Coarse spherical-shaped boring system having an average diameter of 2·5 μm. Each spheroid is in latitudinal contact with the substrate though the connecting tubules were not observed.

Synonymy list

1992 Planobola microgota n. ichnosp. — Schmidt , pp. 50, fig. 1:5-6

2007 Planobola microgota Schmidt, 1992 — Blisset & Pickerill , pp. 90, fig. 4:2

2024 Planobola cf. macrogota Schmidt, 1992 — Peel , pp. 60, fig. 3A; 6J-L

Selection of related publications

Schmidt, H. 1992. Mikrobohrspuren ausgewählter Faziesbereiche der tethyalen und germanischen Trias (Beschreibung, Vergleich und bathymetrische Interpretation). Frankfurter geowissenschaftliche Arbeiten; A: Geologie, Paläontologie 12, 1-228.

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Planobolidae
Genus	Planobola
Species	radicata
	cebolla
	macrogota
	microgota

References based on distribution

Schmidt, 1992 Ladinian
Schmidt, 1992 Raschberg