Pennatichnus Mayoral, 1988

ID15816
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonPennatichnus
AuthorMayoral, 1988
ReferenceMayoral, 1988
Parent taxonBioerosional trace fossils
FADTortonian
LADRecent

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Description(s)

CharĂ³ et al., 2017:

Diagnosis:- It is a system of long and thin tunnels wich may have small axial apertures. Primary appertures are circular or drop-shaped, joined to the first ordrer subordinate tunnels and a thin pedicle toward the main tunnel. The whole system of borings is fether like. It may also form a complex tunnel system with sharper angles of bifurcation (Pereira et al., 2009)

Knaust, 2012a:

Branched, network.

Buatois et al., 2017:

Category of architectural design: 2.70. Camerate network borings.

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