Taxon description
Feldmann et al., 1978
Diagnosis.-Bilaterally symmetrical traces, about three to four times as long as wide, typi- cally with slightly raised axial region and de- pressed lateral region; represented by three forms defined by presence of well developed appendage marks (Form 1), well developed axial structures (Form 2), or absence of both and development of a wedge-shaped excava- tion with raised axial region and depressed lat- eral margins of similar dimensions to Forms 1 and 2 (Form 3).
Type specimen data
holotype : American Museum of Natural History AMNH 36117 , , , Chagrin Formation
Synonymy list
1978 Chagrinichnites brooksi — Feldmann et al. , pp. 288 , fig. text fig. 2-8
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
Genus | Chagrinichnites |
Species | brooksi |