Species
Machichnus jeansi Chumakov, Dronov et Mikuláš, 2013
Taxon description
Chumakov et al., 2013
Diagnosis: Machichnus consisting of deep thin scratches, narrowing to one end. They occur parallel in a simple series.
Description: Among the described traces, these scratches are most conspicuous. They are 23–28 mm long and 0.5 to 0.65 mm wide; walls are steep; the scratches occur in a subparallel-assembled series. They begin at the edge of the pebble and subsequently narrow towards the centre of a side wall of the pebble (Fig. 3c).
Wisshak et al., 2019a
Grazing; substrate siliceous; tracemaker vertebrate
Synonymy list
2013 Machichnus jeansi n. isp. — Chumakov et al. , pp. 297, fig. 3c, 4d
Klassificering
Organism group | Biota |
Ichnofossil group | Ichnofossils |
Bioerosional trace fossils | |
Family | Machichnidae |
Genus | Machichnus |
Species | bohemicus |
fatimae | |
harlandi | |
jeansi | |
multilineatus | |
normani | |
regularis |