Species
Linckichnus terebrans Schlirf , 2006
Taxon description
Schlirf, 2006a
Diagnosis: Smooth, test-tube shaped, unbranched, slightly kink-bent, cylindrical structures, with circular openings and hemispherical terminations, dominantly perpendicular to the grain of the woody substrate and parallel to each other. Fill massive.
Description: Smooth, unbranched, slightly kink-bent, cylindrical borings, with circular openings and hemispherical terminations. Preserved as full relief in a completely weathered sphenophyte stem fragment. Orientation perpendicular to oblique to the grain of the woody substrate. Length: 4–16 mm; width: 2–4 mm.
Synonymy list
2006 Linckichnus terebrans n. gen et sp. — Schlirf , pp. 278, fig. Fig. 2, 3
Classification
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Trypanitidae |
Genus | Linckichnus |
Species | terebrans |