Species
Rhopalondendrina tigris Wisshak, 2017
Type specimen data
holotype: Senckenberg Institute in Frankfurt, Germany ; SMF XXX 872; Pioneer Bay, Great Barrier Reef; Recent
Reference:
Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora's box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). pp. 1-99. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.390
Taxon description
Wisshak, 2017
Diagnosis. Strongly arcuate entry tunnel, occasionally ornamented with a ridge of vertically oriented tapering protrusions, arches back towards the substrate surface, leading to a flat, palmate cavity with short, round or pointed, finger-like protrusions. Trace connected to the substrate surface by short rhizoidal appendages. Texture irregular to hairy.
Synonymy list
2017 Rhopalondendrina tigris igen. et isp. nov. — Wisshak , pp. 76, fig. 30
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Dendrinidae |
| Genus | Rhopalondendrina |
| Species | acanthina |
| avis | |
| contra | |
| jakubinka | |
| tigris |