Species
Loloichnus baqueroensis Bedatou, Melchor, Bellosi et Genise, 2008
Type specimen data
holotype: Museo Regional Provincial “Padre Manuel Jesús Molina, Río Gallegos, Argentina ; MPM-Pic 3794; , BBajo Tigre Formation
Reference:
Bedatou, E., Melchor, R. N., Bellosi, E., Genise, J. F. 2008. Crayfish burrows from Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous continental deposits of Patagonia: Argentina. Their palaeoecological, palaeoclimatic and palaeobiogeographical significance. pp. 169-184. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.09.020
Taxon description
Bedatou et al., 2008
Diagnosis. Mainly straight to gently curved, vertical to oblique, thickly lined burrows of constant diameter. They are mostly passively-filled and sub-circular in cross section, Upward Y-branching and pelletal fillings may be present. Inner surface of lining showing transversal, parallel, and adjacent elongated grooves, which are semicircular in cross section. The burrow filling, when detached from the lining may show a knobby surface texture. Burrow endings are blunt and chambers are absent.
Synonymy list
2008 Loloichnus baqueroensis isp. nov. — Bedatou et al. , pp. 177, fig. Fig. 4, 5
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioturbation trace fossils | |
| Genus | Loloichnus |
| Species | baqueroensis |