Species

Ilmenichnus devonicus (Hecker, 1930)

Current taxon already exists. See initial taxon Rhizocorallium commune

Taxon ID: 15704
Fossil group: Ichnofossils
Belongs to: Ilmenichnus
Other version of taxon: Rhizocorallium commune
Taxon description

Fernández & Pazos, 2012

Diagnosis. Ilmenichnus with straight to sinuous or planispiral spreite-lamina without pustules (emended by Schlirf,2011).

Schlirf, 2005

Emended diagnosis: Unlined, horizontal, straight to sinuous or plan spiral, unilobed U-shaped spreite structures, with protrusive U-spreite and subordinate retrusive limb-spreite; ratio of limb to limb-spreite < 1 to 2. Exterior smooth, or with longitudinal to transverse grooves and ridges. Burrow fill massive or with a low to high ovoid pellet content.

Synonymy list
1904     Myelophycus curvatum n.g. n. sp — Ulrich , pp. 145, fig. 13:2
1930     Rhizocorallium devonicum nov. sp. — Hecker , pp. 156, fig. 16:1-2
1954     Rhizocorallium jurense n. sp. — Mayer , pp. 25, fig. 1
1954     Rhizocorallium irregulare n. sp. — Mayer , pp. 82, fig. 2-3
1974     Rhizocorallium irregulare Mayer, 1954 — Fürsich , pp. 24, fig. 1-2
1985     Rhizocorallium type A (R. cf. R. irregulare Mayer, 1954) — Eagar, Baines, Collison, Hardy, Okolo & Pollard , pp. 143, fig. 4D; 5B
1988     Scolicia plana — McCann & Pickerill , pp. 341
1994     Rhizocorallium irregulare — Buckman , pp. 135, fig. 1A-B
1994     Rhizocorallium irregulare Mayer — Rindsberg , pp. 51, fig. 13C-D
1997     Rhizocorallium jenense — Jensen , pp. 78, fig. 40a, 52, 65A [only horizontally oriented)
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
GenusIlmenichnus
Speciesatherus
devonicus
multilobatus