Oichnus asperus Nielsen et Nielsen, 2001

ID16393
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonOichnus asperus
AuthorNielsen et Nielsen, 2001
ReferenceNielsen & Nielsen, 2001
Parent taxonOichnus
FADEocene
LADHolocene

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeGeological Museum of the University of CopenhagenMGUH 24771Disko Bay, GreenlandHoloceneNielsen & Nielsen, 2001

Description(s)

Blissett & Pickerill, 2007:

Diagnosis – (After Nielsen & Nielsen, 2001, p. 110.) “Oichnus having openings of regular to irregular elongate-oval outline. The margin is perpendicular to the substrate surface.”
Description – Oichnus having regular elongate oval-shape. The margin of each opening is perpendicular to the substrate surfaces, and the dimensions of the external and internal openings are unequal. The dimensions of the openings vary between specimens with external lengths c. 240 μm, widths c. 100 μm and internal lengths c. 150 μm, widths c. 90 μm.

Pokorný & Štofik, 2017:

Emended diagnosis:Sedilichnus having openings of regular to irregular elongate-oval outline. The margin is perpendicular to the substrate surface; the walls in the distal end are straight or slightly rounded (after Nielsen and Nielsen, 2001).

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