Species
Apectoichnus lignummasticans Melnyk et al., 2020
Type specimen data
holotype: University of Alberta, Canada ; UAI 0179; 16-15-44-20W3M drillcore; Albian , Mannville Group, Sparky Formation)
Reference:
Melnyk, S., Packer, S., Zonneveld, J., Gingras, M. K. 2020. A new marine woodground ichnotaxon from the Lower Cretaceous Mannville Group, Saskatchewan, Canada. pp. 162-169. DOI:10.1017/jpa.2020.63
Taxon description
Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)
Diagnosis.—Straight to gently curved Apectoichnus with small (< 2 mm) diameter and relatively large (usually > 10) length-to-width ratio.
Synonymy list
2020 Apectoichnus lignummasticans new ichnospecies — Melnyk et al. , pp. 4, fig. 2, 3
Classification
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Gastrochaenolitidae |
| Genus | Apectoichnus |
| Species | lignummasticans |
| longissimus |