Genus
Ophiomorpha Lundgren, 1891
Taxon description
Domichnia
Fernández & Pazos, 2012
Diagnosis. Simple to complex burrow systems lined at least partially with agglutinated pelletoidal sediment (Howard and Frey, 1984; modified by Uchman, 1999).
Howard & Frey, 1984
Diagnosis Simple to complex burrow systems distinctly lined with agglutinated pelletoidal sediment.
Classification Preserved mainly as endichnia. Interpreted as dwelling or feeding - dwelling structures of shrimp or shrimplike animals.
Uchman, 2009a
Ophiomorpha Lundgren, 1891 is diagnosed as“simple to complex burrow systems lined at least partially with agglutinated pelletoidal sediment".
Selection of related publications
Nielsen, J. K., Hansen, K. S., Simonsen, L. 1996. Sedimentology and ichnology of the Robbedale Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Bornholm, Denmark. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 43, 2, 115-131. DOI:10.37570/bgsd-1996-43-12
Andersson, K. A. 1981. Bernhard Lundgren`s (1891) description of Ophiomorpha. GFF 103, 1, 105-107. DOI:10.1080/11035898109455213
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