Species

Spongelimorpha iberica Saporta, 1887

Taxon description

Belaústegui et al., 2016b

Emended Diagnosis.—Cylindrical to elliptical, simple to complex, and mainly horizontal burrow systems, showing Y- and/or T-shaped branching, characterized by an ornamented and unlined wall (i.e., with bioglyphs). Bioglyphs consist of sharp Y-shaped ridges, longitudinally disposed with respect to the main axis of the burrow, and sets of shorter, parallel, rectilinear ridges oriented perpendicularly to the axis of the burrow. Short, blind tunnels with a very characteristic tapering termination are very common (after Calzada, 1981; Gibert and Ekdale, 2010; Gibert, 2011).

Synonymy list
1878     Spongia sudolica — Zaręczny
1887     Spongelimorpha iberica — Saporta , pp. 299, fig. 6:2-3
1975     Spongeliomorpha sudolica — Marcinewski & Wierzbowski
2005     Spongeliomorpha sudolica — Gibert & Robles , pp. 301
2016     Spongeliomorpha iberica Saporta, 1887 — Belaústegui et al. , pp. 724, fig. 3.1-3.6
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioturbation trace fossils
GenusSpongelimorpha
Speciesannulata
iberica