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Gordia
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Gordia EMMONS, 1844, p. 24
Type Species:
*G. marina, M
Images
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Fig. 39,1a,b. G. sp., 1a, M.Dev.(Eifel.), Ger.(Holzmülheim, Eifel), X0.5 (Fischer & Paulus, 1969), 1b, schem. drawing, X0.5 (Häntzschel, 1962)
Synonyms
Palaeochorda, Palaeochordia, Herpystozeum, Helminthoidichnites, Unisulcus, Gordiopsis
Geographic Distribution
Precam., Can., Paleoz.-Cenoz., Eu.-N. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Precam., Paleoz.
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cenoz.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Long, slender, smooth wormlike trails of uniform thickness throughout, mostly bent but not meandering, resembling hair-worm Gordius.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Gordia EMMONS, 1844, p. 24
Type Species:
*G. marina, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 39,1a,b. G. sp., 1a, M.Dev.(Eifel.), Ger.(Holzmülheim, Eifel), X0.5 (Fischer & Paulus, 1969), 1b, schem. drawing, X0.5 (Häntzschel, 1962)
Synonyms
Palaeochorda, Palaeochordia, Herpystozeum, Helminthoidichnites, Unisulcus, Gordiopsis
Geographic Distribution
Precam., Can., Paleoz.-Cenoz., Eu.-N. Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Precam., Paleoz.
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cenoz.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Long, slender, smooth wormlike trails of uniform thickness throughout, mostly bent but not meandering, resembling hair-worm Gordius.