Tremichnus paraboloides Brett, 1985

ID13355
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonTremichnus paraboloides
AuthorBrett, 1985
ReferenceBrett, 1985
Parent taxonTremichnus
FADVolkhov Stage

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeBuffalo Museum of SciencBMS E23971Pits in Icthyocrinus laevis ConradBrett, 1985

Description(s)

Brett, 1985:

Diagnosis.--Pits, circular, regularly and smoothly parabolic in cross section; about as deep as wide (depth/diameter ratio: 0.9); ranging in size from 0.1-3.6 mm in diameter (X = 0.95 mm, SD = 0.65, N = 529 pits); up to 100 pits of varying size may occur on a single calyx. Pit apertures sharply demarcated, flush; never beveled or surrounded by a raised rim or gall-like outgrowth, pits rarely associated with vague swelling of the underlying stereom; pits frequently intersecting at borders.

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