Cunctichnus probans Fürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994
| ID | 15799 |
|---|---|
| Fossil group | Bioerosional trace fossils |
| Taxon | Cunctichnus probans |
| Author | Fürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994 |
| Reference | Fürsich et al., 1994 |
| Parent taxon | Cunctichnus |
| FAD | Oxfordian |
| LAD | Maastrichtian |
Type specimens
| Type | No | Type locality | Type horizon | Remarks | Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| holotype | Oxford University Museum | OUM J53673 | Isle of Portland | Tithonian | Portland Limestone Formation | Fürsich et al., 1994 |
Description(s)
Fürsich et al., 1994:
Diagnosis. Cylindrical borings in shells, arcuate tu highly sinuous or planispiral, with thin, short, tapering side-branches at points where tubes abruptly change directions.
Donovan, 2015b:
Description: Flint rock chip incompletely preserving external mold of a broad, finely punctate, smooth-shelled pedicle valve. Sinuous boring preserved in flint. Tunnels of boring cylindrical, of constant diameter, unsculptured. At tight bends in main shaft, short, slender and blunt side branches are developed, commonly in clusters. Main tunnel bifurcates once, branching Y-shaped (Fig. 1, 10 o’clock from center, branching toward 2-3 o’clock). Main tunnel strongly curved back on itself to touch in one position only; sides of touching tunnel may be slightly flattened (Fig. 1, center).