Species
Podichnus conicus Santos & Mayoral, 2014
Taxon description
Santos et al., 2014
Diagnosis. An irregular and asymmetrical cluster of variable outline constituted by circular to subcircular pits in calcareous shells of brachiopods. The pits at the centre of the group are smaller than peripherals. Internal moulds of the small pits are short and rounded, while the large are typically conical or subcylindrical, having the external mean diameter/length ratio close to 1.
Synonyymit
2014 Podichnus conicus isp. n. — Santos & Mayoral In santos et al. , pp. 70, fig. Fig. 3A-C
Aiheeseen liittyvät julkaisut
Santos, A., Mayoral, E., Villas, E., Herrera, Z., Ortega, G. 2014. First record of Podichnus in orthide brachiopods from the Lower Ordovician (Tremadocian) of NW Argentina and its relation to the early use of an ethological strategy. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 399, 1, 67-77. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.02.003
Luokittelu
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioerosional trace fossils | |
| Family | Podichnidae |
| Genus | Podichnus |
| Species | centrifugalis |
| conicus | |
| donovani | |
| obliquus | |
| perpendicularis | |
| silesiacus |
Levinneisyys ja viitteet
- Santos et al., 2014 Quebrada del Toro Tremadocian