Species

Teredolites solitarius Srivastava, Das, Dasgupta et D’souza, 2024

Taxon description

Srivastava et al., 2024

Diagnosis: Vertical to subvertical, straight to partly straight with offset bends of <15° axial offset (Figures4A–B, 5A), solitary, elongate, unbranched, and cylindrical boring in muddy calcareous stiffground to hardground substrate. Intact individual has a narrower opening at the bedding surface and a wider and cup-shaped rounded end inside the substrate, which imparts an overall club or baseball-bat shape. Cross sections are circular. The wall is composed of calcareous material with surface growth annulations on its outer surface (Figure 5).

Synonymy list
2024     Teredolites solitarius isp. nov. — Srivastava et al. , pp. 7, fig. 4A-B, 5A
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyGastrochaenolitidae
GenusTeredolites
Speciesclavatus
solitarius