Species

Dendrina dendrina (Morris, 1851)

Type specimen data
lectotype: Natural History Museum in London ; PI A 559; Norwich; Upper Cretaceous , Upper Cretaceous Norfolk Chalk near Norwich
Reference:
Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora's box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). pp. 1-99. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.390
Taxon description

Wisshak, 2017

Emended diagnosis. Rosette of irregular to sub-circular outline, with loosely spaced galleries radiating from the centre in meandering fashion, ramifying with widened bi- and trifurcations of various angles, only rarely forming anastomoses. In larger individuals, additional tiers may develop.

Synonymy list
1851     Talpina dendrina — Morris , pp. 87, fig. 4:6b, 7
1859     Dendrina stellata — Étallon
1937     partim Dendrina belemniticola — Mägdefrau , pp. 55, fig. 4:1
1965     Dendrina belemniticola — Pugaczewska , fig. 1:2
1996     Dendrina crassa — Hofmann , pp. 70, fig. 5:1-4
1996     Dendrina fluensis — Hofmann , pp. 72, fig. 6:3-6
1996     partim Dendrina lacerata — Hofmann , pp. 78, fig. 8:5-6
1996     Dendrina ordoplana — Plewes , pp. 166, fig. 22:5-8, 23:1-7
2013     partim Dendrina belemniticola — Girod & Rösner , pp. 280, fig. 12
2017     Dendrina dendrina (Morris, 1851) comb. nov. — Wisshak , pp. 16, fig. 2
Selection of related publications
Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora's box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 390, 1-99. DOI:10.5852/ejt.2017.390
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyDendrinidae
GenusDendrina
Speciesbelemniticola
brachiopodicola
constans
crassa
dendrina
dumosa
elongata
fluensis
fodicans
gracilis
lacerata
lichenoidea
minor
orbiculata
ordoplana
punctata
ramulifera
scoparia
stellata
References based on distribution