Ichnofossils
Species

Sertaterebrites nachukui Ekdale, Brown et Feibel, 1989

Taxon description

Ekdale et al., 1989

Diagnosis: Sertaterebrites with vertical, protrusive spreite; invidual tunnels that make up the spreite are uniformly 2 to 4 mm in diameter; calcareous tunnel walls may or may not be present; excavated in the crevice between adjacent biolithite oncolites, polygons, or domes in such a way that mirror images of the boring are cut into both walls of the crevice.

Type specimen data
holotype : National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi KNMI-WT18546- A,B , , Pleistocene , Nackukui Formation; Nachukui River Valley, West Turkana Basin, Kenya
Synonymy list
1989     Sertaterebrites nachukui new ichnosp. — Ekdale et al. , pp. 391-392 , fig. Fig. 6
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyOsteichnidae
GenusSertaterebrites
Speciesnachukui