Spirichnus spiralis Fürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994

ID15805
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonSpirichnus spiralis
AuthorFürsich, Palmer et Goodyear, 1994
ReferenceFürsich et al., 1994
Parent taxonSpirichnus
FADOxfordian
LADMaastrichtian

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeOxford University MuseumOUM J53678Isle of PortlandUpper JurassicFürsich et al., 1994

Description(s)

Fürsich et al., 1994:

Diagnosis: Cylindrical, irregularly spirally-coiled borings of 0.5mm in diameter, branching at highly irregular intervals.

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