Species

Palaeophycus ferrovittatus Hofmann, 1983

Taxon description

Buckman, 1995

Internal burrow parallel striae, & Fe core

Hofmann, 1983

Diagnosis  Rectilinear to curvilinear objects along bedding  planes, of millimetric width and centimetric length, composed of ornamented central axis of iron oxide, and surrounded by a smooth, generally thick, uniformly wide pelitic envelope; contact between axis and envelope has fine, uniform, submillimetric sculpture ranging from striated to verrucose; envelope distinguished from the coarser, poorly sorted sediment matrix by predominance of well sorted, fine-grained argillaceous material.

Synonymy list
1983     Palaeophycus ferrovittatus n. sp. — Hofmann , pp. 1513-1517, fig. Figs. 2, 3, 4 A-C
1995     Palaeophycus ferrovittatus Hofmann, 1983 — Buckman , pp. 132