Species

Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2008

Description. Solitary large (20-35 µm wide and 30-70 µm deep) cavities mostly oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface and connected to the latter by few thick rhizoidal appendages (Fig. 6C-F). The cavity is variable in its morphological appearance ranging from broad dome-shaped forms to narrower dome (Fig. 6C, E) to club-shaped forms (Fig. 6D). The short rhizoids or at least their point of entry is often obscured by a carpet of other traces which are towered by Cavernula pediculata (Fig. 6E).

Synonymy list

1991 Cavernula pediculata n. ichnosp. — Radtke , pp. 91, fig. 12:5-6; 6:5

1992 Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991 — Schmidt , pp. 46, fig. 1:1-2

2008 Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991 — Wisshak et al. , pp. 35-37

2009 Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991 — Vogel & Brett , pp. 7, fig. 12

Selection of related publications

Vogel, K., Brett, C. E. 2009. Record of microendoliths in different facies of the Upper Ordovician in the Cincinnati Arch region USA: The early history of light-related microendolithic zonation. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 281, 1-2, 1-24. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.06.032

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.

Radtke, G. 1991. Die mikroendolithischen Spurenfossilien im Alt-Tertiär West-Europas und ihre palökologische Bedeutung. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 138, 1-185.

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Planobolidae
Genus	Cavernula
Species	coccidia
	pediculata
	zancobola

References based on distribution