Species

Finichnus tortus (Rosso, 2008)

Type specimen data
holotype: Palaeontological Museum of the Catania University ; PMC I 1a; Ionian Sea; Pleistocene
Reference:
Rosso, A. 2008. Leptichnus tortus isp. nov., a new cheilostome etching and comments on other bryozoan-produced trace fossils. pp. 75–85.
Taxon description

Rosso, 2008

Small-sized Leptichnus, usually not exceeding two millimetres in diameter, formed by a group of one to two dozen closely spaced, shallow pits of elliptical to pyriform shape, often irregularly lobate at one or both end(s); lateral walls are abruptly vertical or slightly inclined toward the flat floor. Pits roughly 150-210 µm long by 100-120 µm wide. A larger, more circular pit measuring 280-320 µm by 210-230 µm, is present at the centre of the group. It is surrounded by the other pits, roughly arranged in spirals, marked by the alignment of pits and their slightly inclined long axes, occasionally disrupted by the insertion of isolated pits and new pit rows. Significantly smaller, usually round transverse elliptical pits are rarely interspersed between the larger pits, one or two often placed near the central pit.

Synonymy list
2008     Leptichnus tortus isp. nov. — Rosso , pp. 76, fig. 1A-C
2013     Finichnus tortus — Taylor, Wilson & Bromley , pp. 456
Selection of related publications
Rosso, A. 2008. Leptichnus tortus isp. nov., a new cheilostome etching and comments on other bryozoan-produced trace fossils. Studi trentini di scienze naturali - Acta geologica 83, 75–85.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyPodichnidae
GenusFinichnus
Speciesdromeus
peristoma
tortus
References based on distribution