Species

Podichnus donovani Breton, 2011

Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Incertae sedis (fossils)

Taxon ID: 16946

Fossil group: Bioerosional trace fossils

Belongs to: Podichnus

Other version of taxon: Incertae sedis (fossils)

Stratigraphic range: Albian (within ca. 113.0 – 100.5 million years)

Type specimen data

holotype: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris) ; MNHN A32635; Radonvilliers (Aube); Albian

Reference:

Breton, G. 2011. Le Gault du Perthois: terriers, phosphates et petite crottes [The gault of Perthois: burrows, phosphates and small droppings]. pp. 3-66.

Taxon description

Breton, 2011

Diagnosis of the ichnospecies. Subcircular group of cylindrical borings, penetrating obliquely in the substratum after a subhorizontal course and transversely striated, centrifugally and radially arranged. All the surface of the central zone is hollowed out by the borings. The group is surrounded by a peripheral crown, made of one row of irregular plates separated by tiny radial grooves.

Synonymy list

2011 Podichnus donovani isp. nov. — Breton , pp. 34, fig. Fig. 63-65

Selection of related publications

Breton, G. 2011. Le Gault du Perthois: terriers, phosphates et petite crottes [The gault of Perthois: burrows, phosphates and small droppings]. Bulletin annual, Association Géologique Auboise 31, 3-66.

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Podichnidae
Genus	Podichnus
Species	centrifugalis
	conicus
	donovani
	obliquus
	perpendicularis
	silesiacus

References based on distribution

Breton, 2011 Radonvilliers (Aube) Albian