Ichnofossils
Species

Loloichnus baqueroensis Bedatou, Melchor, Bellosi et Genise, 2008

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.

Type specimen data
holotype : Museo Regional Provincial “Padre Manuel Jesús Molina, Río Gallegos, Argentina MPM-Pic 3794 , , , BBajo Tigre Formation
Synonymy list
2008     Loloichnus baqueroensis isp. nov. — Bedatou et al. , pp. 177 , fig. Fig. 4, 5
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Soft-sediment trace fossils
GenusLoloichnus
Speciesbaqueroensis