Species
Bornichnus tortuosus Bromley et Uchman, 2003
Taxon description
Bromley & Uchman, 2003
Diagnosis. Small trace fossil composed of a crowdedtangle of lined tubes in millimetre scale that are closelyand tortuously branched. The whole trace fossil occupies an ovoid region of sediment a few centimetresin size.
Type specimen data
holotype : Geological Museum, University of Copenhagen MGUH 26859 , Korsodde, Bornholm , Lower Jurassic , Sorthat Formation
Synonymy list
2003 Bornichnus tortuosus nov. isp — Bromley & Uchman , pp. 192 , fig. Fig. 6,7
Selection of related publications
Bromley, R. G., Uchman, A. 2003. Trace fossils from the Lower and Middle Jurassic marginal-marine deposits of the Sorthat Formation, Bornholm, Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 50, 2, 185-208. DOI:10.37570/bgsd-2003-50-15
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Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
| Genus | Bornichnus |
| Species | tortuosus |
References based on distribution
- Bromley & Uchman, 2003 Korsodde, Bornholm Lower Jurassic