Species

Knethichnus parallelus Jacobsen et Bromley, 2009

Taxon description

Jacobsen & Bromley, 2009

Diagnosis: Scraping structures in witch serration traces extend as parallel grooves leading in some cases away from an initial groove.

Synonymy list
2009     Knethichnus parallelum isp. nov. — Jacobsen & Bromley , pp. 377, fig. 3
2011     Knethichnus parallelum — Niedzwiedzki et al. , pp. 89, fig. 1A-C
2019     Knethichnus parallelus Jacobsen and Bromley, 2009 — Wisshak et al.
2022     Knethichnus parallelum Jacobsen & Bromley, 2009 — Mujal et al.
2023     Knethichnus parallelum — Boessenecker & Geislar , fig. 72F
2023     Knethichnus parallelum Jacobsen and Bromley, 2009 — Reis et al.
2025     Knethichnus parallelus Jacobsen and Bromley (2009), emended by Wisshak et al. (2019) — Hunt & Lucas , pp. 336
Selection of related publications
Boessenecker, R. W., Geisler, J. H, 2023. New skeletons of the ancient dolphin Xenorophus sloanii and Xenorophus simplifies sp. nov. (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of South Carolina and the ontogeny, functional anatomy, asymmetry, pathology, and evolution of the earliest Odontoceti. Diversity 15, 1154. DOI:10.3390/ d15111154
Mujal, E., Foth, C., Maxwell, E. E., Seegis, D., Schoch, R. R. 2022. Feeding habits of the Middle Triassic pseudosuchian Batrachotomus kupferzellensis from Germany and palaeoecological implications for archosaurs. Palaeontology 65, 3, DOI:10.1111/pala.12597
Jacobsen, A. R., Bromley, R. G. 2009. New ichnotaxa based on tooth impressions on dinosaur and whale bones. Geological Quarterly 53, 4, 373-382.
Klassificering
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyMachichnidae
GenusKnethichnus
Speciesparallelus
References based on distribution