Irhopalia spinosa (Radtke et Golubić, 2005)

ID16368
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonIrhopalia spinosa
Author(Radtke et Golubić, 2005)
ReferenceRadtke & Golubić, 2005
Parent taxonIrhopalia
FADLutetian
LADRecent

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeGoethe University, FrankfurtBo 7/56Villiers-Saint-FredericLutetianRadtke & Golubić, 2005

Description(s)

Wisshak et al., 2008:

Description. This small Rhopalia ichnospecies is characterised by a substrate-parallel multibranched boring system with individual flattened chambers being interconnected by short galleries (Fig. 7A-B). Both the chambers and the interconnecting tunnels are connected to the substrate surface by short, tapering rhizoidal appendages. Individual, often elongate cavities are 6-12 µm wide and the interconnecting passages measure 2-4 µm in circular diameter.

Radtke & Golubić, 2005:

Diagnosis: The system develops parallel to the substrate surface, extending from the point of the initial entry by several irregularly branched segmented tunnels. Laterally widened tunnel segments, triangular or polygonal in outline are interconnected by narrow passages. They are connected to the substrate surface by numerous spiny attachments

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