Species
Climactichnites wilsoni Logan, 1860
Taxon description
Getty & Hagadorn, 2008
Emended diagnosis.⎯ A trail consisting of lateral ridges between which are undulating transverse bars and furrows.
Description.⎯ Lateral ridges straight, crenulated, or brecciated. Transversebars straight, sinusoidal, V- or U-, zipper-, or double arch-shaped. Straight bars can be perpendicular or at a high angle to the direction of travel; V- and U-shaped bars usually open in the direction of travel, with a few exceptions. Bars sometimes exhibit bifurcation. Intercalcated half-bars may occur. Submillimeter wide ovate striations rarely present. Medial ridge sometimes present within the trail and straight, ovoid, sinusoidal, or irregularly shaped.
Synonymy list
1860 Climactichnites wilsoni — Logan , pp. 279-295, fig. 1-5
1882 Climactichnites fosteri — Todd , pp. 277, fig. Pl. 1
1890 Climactichnites wilsoni — Dawson , pp. 595-618, fig. Fig. 4
1903 Climactichnites wilsoni — Woodworth , pp. 959-966, fig. Fig. 1; Pl. A, B
1912 Climactichnites wilsoni — Walcott , pp. 259-261, fig. Pl. 40:1; non Pl. 40:1
1917 Climactichnites wilsoni — Burling , pp. 390-397, fig. Fig. 4, 5
1935 Climactichnites wilsoni — Abel , pp. 242-249, fig. Fig. 214, 215
1993 Climactichnites wilsoni — Yochelson & Fedonkin , pp. 1-74, fig. 1, 3–5, 7, 8, 10–14, 16, 17–24, 28, 35–43, 45–50,
2008 Climactichnites wilsoni Logan, 1860 — Getty & Hagadorn , pp. 1163, fig. 1, 3.1, 3.2, 4
Klassificering
| Organism group | Biota |
| Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
| Bioturbation trace fossils | |
| Genus | Climactichnites |
| Species | wilsoni |
| youngi |