 | Gyrolithes Saporta, 1884 |
Taxon description
Laing et al., 2018
Diagnosis: Rarely branched, spiraled burrows; helix essentially vertical, consisting of dextral, sinistral, or reversing coils, which are not in contact (Uchman and Hanken, 2013, modified from Bromley and Frey, 1974).
Uchman & Hanken, 2013
Diagnosis. Rarely branched, spiralled burrows; helix essentially vertical, consisting of dextral, sinistral or reversing coils, which are not in contact (modified after Bromley and Frey, 1974).
Remarks. The phrase “… coils, which are not in contact” is added to make a distinction between Gyrolithes and Ichnogyrus Bown and Kraus, 1983, amammal burrow from continental sediments, which was included in Gyrolithes by Jensen (1997),
Selection of related publications
Laing, B. A., Buatois, L. A., Mángano, M. G., Narbonne, G. M., Gougeon, R. C. 2018.
Gyrolithes from the Ediacaran-Cambrian boundary section in Fortune Head, Newfoundland, Canada: Exploring the onset of complex burrowing. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 495,
171-185. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.010
Systra, Y., Jensen, S. 2006.
Trace fossils from the Dividalen Group of northern Finland with remarks on early Cambrian trace fossil provincialism. GFF 128,
4, 321-325. DOI:10.1080/11035890601284321
Jensen, S., Mens, K. 1999.
A Lower Cambrian shallow-water occurrence of the branching ‘deep-water’ type trace fossil Dendrorhaphe from the Lontova Formation, eastern Latvia. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 73,
1-2, 187-193. DOI:10.1007/BF02987992
References based on distribution