Species

Caulostrepsis spiralis Pickerill, Donovan et Portell, 2001

Type specimen data

holotype: Natural History Museum, London ; BMNH TF 127; Point Saint Hilaire, Carriacou; Miocene , Grand Bay Formation of Robinson and Jung (1972); Middle Miocene

Reference:

Pickerill, R. K., Donovan, S. K., Portell, R. W. 2001. Caulostrepsis spiralis isp. nov., Miocene grand bay formation of Carriacou (Grenadines, Lesser Antilles). pp. 261-264. DOI:10.1080/10420940109380194

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate calcareous; tracemaker invertebrate

Pickerill et al., 2001a

Diagnosis: Planispiral to helicoidal, flattened to elliptical Caulostrepsis having no vane; fused galleries and with a variably developed axial depression

Synonymy list

2001 Caulostrepsis spiralis n. isp. — Pickerill, Donovan & Portell , pp. 262, fig. 2:1-3

Selection of related publications

Pickerill, R. K., Donovan, S. K., Portell, R. W. 2001. Caulostrepsis spiralis isp. nov., Miocene grand bay formation of Carriacou (Grenadines, Lesser Antilles). Ichnos 8, 3-4, 261-264. DOI:10.1080/10420940109380194

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Osteichnidae
Genus	Caulostrepsis
Species	avipes
	biforans
	contorta
	cretacea
	penicillus
	spiralis
	taeniola
unranked	dunbari

References based on distribution

Pickerill et al., 2001a Point Saint Hilaire, Carriacou Miocene