Species

Siphonichnus ophthalmoides (Jessen, 1950)

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).

Synonyymit

1950 Planolites ophthalmoides — Jessen , pp. 34-35, fig. 1. 3

1968 Ophtalmichnium opthalmoides (Jessen, 1950) — Pfeiffer , pp. 691

1980 Siphonichnus eccaensis — Stanistreet et al. , pp. 343

1988 Ophthalmidium ophthalmoides — Pollard , pp. 339

2008 Siphonichnus eccaensis — Carmona et al. , pp. 107, fig. 5

2012 Siphonichnus ophthalmoides — Angulo & Buatois

2013 Siphonichnus eccaensisus Stanistreet, Le Blanc Smith and Cable, 1980 — Zonneveld & Gingras , pp. 249, fig. 2A, 2E,3A

2015 Siphonichnus ophthalmoides — Knaust , pp. 507, fig. 7

2018 Siphonichnus eccaensis — Dorador et al. , pp. 17, fig. 3G

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

Luokittelu

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioturbation trace fossils
Family	Siphonichnidae
Genus	Siphonichnus
Species	ophthalmoides

Levinneisyys ja viitteet

Knaust, 2015b Helsingborg, Skåne Jurassic