Species

Sertaterebrites nachukui Ekdale, Brown et Feibel, 1989

Type specimen data

holotype: National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi ; KNMI-WT18546- A,B; Nachukui; Pleistocene , Nackukui Formation; Nachukui River Valley, West Turkana Basin, Kenya

Reference:

Ekdale, A. A., Brown, F. H., Feibel, C. S. 1989. Nonmarine Macroborings in Early Pleistocene Algal Biolithites (Stromatolites) of the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. pp. 389. DOI:10.2307/3514564

Taxon description

Ekdale et al., 1989

Diagnosis: Sertaterebrites with vertical, protrusive spreite; invidual tunnels that make up the spreite are uniformly 2 to 4 mm in diameter; calcareous tunnel walls may or may not be present; excavated in the crevice between adjacent biolithite oncolites, polygons, or domes in such a way that mirror images of the boring are cut into both walls of the crevice.

Synonymy list

1989 Sertaterebrites nachukui new ichnosp. — Ekdale, Brown & Feibel , pp. 391-392, fig. 6

Selection of related publications

Ekdale, A. A., Brown, F. H., Feibel, C. S. 1989. Nonmarine Macroborings in Early Pleistocene Algal Biolithites (Stromatolites) of the Turkana Basin, Northern Kenya. Palaios 4, 4, 389. DOI:10.2307/3514564

Klassificering

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Osteichnidae
Genus	Sertaterebrites
Species	nachukui

References based on distribution

Ekdale et al., 1989 Nachukui Pleistocene