Species

Teichichnus ovillus Legg, 1985

Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Teichichnus rectus

Taxon ID: 15464
Fossiiliryhmä: Ichnofossils
Sisältyy taksoniin: Teichichnus
Other version of taxon: Teichichnus rectus
Taxon description

Legg, 1985

Diagnosis. Vertical wall like structures straight to slightly sinuous unbranched with protrusive or retrusive spreite.

Description. The specimens are vertical straight to slightly sinuous unbranched and wall like. They are 2.4 to 4.0 crn wide and 2.0 to 5.8 cm deep and collected specimens are up to 23 cm long although material examined in the field was up to 80 crn long. Internal spreite are reflected in laminations where they meet the outside wall. Spreite are both protrusive and retrusive.

Jensen, 1997

Description. - Straight to gently curved stacked guttershaped laminae forming low wall-like structures.

Synonyymit
1965     Large teichichnian burrows — Martinson , fig. 21-23
1985     Teichichnus ovillus n. ichnosp. — Legg , pp. 161, fig. 4A
1997     Teichichnus ovillus Legg, 1985 — Jensen , pp. 90, fig. 61
2018     Teichichnus rectus — Knaust