Species

Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2008

Description. Solitary large (20-35 µm wide and 30-70 µm deep) cavities mostly oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface and connected to the latter by few thick rhizoidal appendages (Fig. 6C-F). The cavity is variable in its morphological appearance ranging from broad dome-shaped forms to narrower dome (Fig. 6C, E) to club-shaped forms (Fig. 6D). The short rhizoids or at least their point of entry is often obscured by a carpet of other traces which are towered by Cavernula pediculata (Fig. 6E).

Synonymy list
1991     Cavernula pediculata n. ichnosp. — Radtke , pp. 91, fig. 12:5-6; 6:5
1992     Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991 — Schmidt , pp. 46, fig. 1:1-2
2008     Cavernula pediculata Radtke, 1991 — Wisshak et al. , pp. 35-37
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyPlanobolidae
GenusCavernula
Speciescoccidia
pediculata
zancobola