Scolecia filosa Radtke, 1991

ID16361
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonScolecia filosa
AuthorRadtke, 1991
ReferenceRadtke, 1991
Parent taxonScolecia
FADKatian
LADRecent

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeGoethe Universität, Frankfurt, GermanyBo 7/40Farm de l'Orme, FranceLutetianRadtke, 1991

Description(s)

Wisshak et al., 2008:

Description. The 1-2 µm uniformly thin galleries of this trace are usually found collapsed to the cast surface and overlying other traces, and thereby only apparently form curled carpets or dense networks (Fig. 4G-H). The galleries rarely bifurcate and the individual galleries can often be followed for long stretches of more than 100 µm.

Blissett & Pickerill, 2007:

Diagnosis – (Emended after translation from the original German; after Radtke, 91, p. 72.) Thin, branched or unbranched, slightly curved to vermiform boring lying beneath the substrate’s surface. Tiering may or may not occur.
Description – Multitiered, multibranched, complex network system having straight to slightly curved, thin tubules with average diameter of 116 μm. The total length of the network system is 3·5 mm with a thickness of 900 μm. Branching nodes do not show sign of swelling. Constriction is sporadic and only occurs close to the branching nodes.

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