Genus
Siphonichnus Stanistreet, le Blanc Smith et Cadle, 1980
Taxon description
Knaust, 2015b
Diagnosis (emended): Vertical, oblique or horizontal cylindrical burrow with a linear, winding or bow-shaped morphology, circular to oval in cross-section, characterised by a laminated meniscate mantle (active fill), which is penetrated by a homogeneous core (passive fill).
Aiheeseen liittyvät julkaisut
Knaust, D. 2015. Siphonichnidae (new ichnofamily) attributed to the burrowing activity of bivalves: Ichnotaxonomy, behaviour and palaeoenvironmental implications. Earth-Science Reviews 150, 497-519. DOI:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.07.014
List of species
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Luokittelu
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Soft-sediment trace fossils | |
| Family | Siphonichnidae |
| Genus | Hillichnus |
| Laevicyclus | |
| Parahaentzschelinia | |
| Scalichnus | |
| Siphonichnus | |
| Species | ophthalmoides |