Ichnofossils
Species

Rhizocorallites articularis Müller, 1955

Taxon description

Knaust, 2020b

Diagnosis (original). A “Rhizocorallites” that originated parallel to the bedding within the sediment, often close above the lower bedding plane, and contains of segments with almost equal length. The U-limbs often run “guided” next to each other, similar to the curved parts of helminthoids. [Translated from German]. Diagnosis (revised). Rhizocorallites with barrel-shaped segments with a length/width ratio of less than 1.

Type specimen data
holotype : Phyletic Museum Jena Nr. P 264 , Bad Berka , Anisian
Synonymy list
1961     Petromonile benstedii (Bensted, 1862) — Casey , pp. 600
1963     Toyonereites eitaroi — Katto , pp. 27
1963     Sanyohelminthes takahashii — Katto , pp. 28
1965     ?1965 S. egawasakiensis — Katto , pp. 56
2020     Rhizocorallites articularis Müller, 1955 nom. corr. Linck, 1961 — Knaust , fig. Figures 2, 3, 4
Selection of related publications
Knaust, D. 2020. Rhizocorallites Müller, 1955 from the Triassic and Jurassic of Germany: burrow, coprolite, or cololite?. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 94, 4, 769-785. DOI:10.1007/s12542-019-00506-6
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Coprolites
Invertebrate coprolites
FamilyLumbricariidae
GenusRhizocorallites
Speciesarticularis
inaequalis
References based on distribution