Conichnus conicus Männil, 1966
Vinn et al., 2015d
Short conical, limestone filled burrows with unornamented shafts, circular to elliptical in a transverse section. Limestone filling is often rich in fossil debris. No linings occur. The morphology of the Ordovician and Silurian specimens is slightly different. Silurian specimens are somewhat wider relative to their height than the Ordovician specimens. The Ordovician specimens are in average slightly higher than wide.
Desai & Saklani, 2015
Tracemaker. Conichnus has been attributed to the activity of sea anemones (modern ceriantharid anemones) or similar animals (Shinn, 1968; Radwanski et al., 1975; Curran and Frey, 1977; Frey and Howard, 1981; Howard and Frey, 1984; Pemberton et al., 1992; MacEachern and Pemberton, 1992; Pollard et al., 1993; Savrda, 2002). The present structures (up to 1.8 m in length and 0.14 m in width) are large compared to most other Conichnus. Very few examples of large Conichnus have been reported previously. Savrda (2002) described specimens up to 1.4 m long and 13-14 cm wide from Upper Cretaceous Eutaw Formation of Alabama (USA), and Curran and Frey (1977) noted specimens that are »3 m long and 24 cm in diameter from Pleistocene deposits of North Carolina (USA).
organismirühm | Biota |
ihnorühm | Ichnofossils |
Bioturbation trace fossils | |
perekond | Conichnus |
liik | conicus |
conosinus |
- Landing et al., 2007 Grand Bank Head, Burin poolsaar, Kanada Terre-Neuve
- Hanken et al., 2016 Ullerntangen, Ringerike, Norra Ülem-Ordoviitsium
- Männil, Ralf, 1966b Kiviõli Kukruse lade
- Männil, Ralf, 1966b Tõkke puurauk Keila lade
- Männil, Ralf, 1966b Pääsküla Keila lade
- Männil, Ralf, 1966b Aluvere paemurd Haljala lade
- Männil, Ralf, 1966b Rae Haljala lade
- Vinn et al., 2015d Valgu jõgi Adavere lade