Cunctichnus probans Fürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994

ID15799
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonCunctichnus probans
AuthorFürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994
ReferenceFürsich et al., 1994
Parent taxonCunctichnus
FADOxfordian
LADMaastrichtian

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeOxford University MuseumOUM J53673Isle of PortlandTithonianPortland Limestone FormationFürsich 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).

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