Ichnofossils
Species

Tubulichnium mediterranensis (Piñuela, Buatois et Rodríguez-Tovar, 2015)

Taxon description

García-Ramos et al., 2014

Diagnosis.—Dominantly horizontal, spindle-shaped simple burrows, displaying spreite and containing ellipsoidal pellets. Spreite is most commonly retrusive, and rarely protrusive. Boundary is sharp and distinct, but no constructional wall is present. Cross section is subcircular to squarish oblong. Bioglyphs, represented by scratch marks, may be present on the basal and lateral surfaces of the structure.

Type specimen data
holotype : Museo del Jurasico de Asturias MUJA-4193 , Miocene
Synonymy list
2014     Tubotomaculum mediterranensis — Piñuela et al. , pp. 1191 , fig. Fig. 3-8
2022     Tubulichnium mediterranensis (García-Ramos, Mángano, Buatois, and Rodríguez-Tovar, 2014) — Šamánek et al. , pp. 770 , fig. Fig. 4
Classification