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Prethocoprolithus
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Coprolites
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Prethocoprolithus ELLIOTT, 1962, p. 38
Type Species:
*P. centripetalus, OD
Images
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Fig. 87,1. *P. centripetalus, Najmah F., Iraq (Dulaim Liwa), thin section, X24 (Elliott, 1962)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Iraq)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Tithonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
143.1
Description
Rodlike, elongate cylindrical bodies, hollow, tapering to rounded ends, circular in cross section, straight or curved, with central tubular cavity; resembling the coprolites of Recent gastropod genera Patina, Trochus, and Gibbula.
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Coprolites
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Prethocoprolithus ELLIOTT, 1962, p. 38
Type Species:
*P. centripetalus, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 87,1. *P. centripetalus, Najmah F., Iraq (Dulaim Liwa), thin section, X24 (Elliott, 1962)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Asia(Iraq)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Beginning International Stage:
Oxfordian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
161.53
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Jur.
Ending International Stage:
Tithonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
143.1
Description
Rodlike, elongate cylindrical bodies, hollow, tapering to rounded ends, circular in cross section, straight or curved, with central tubular cavity; resembling the coprolites of Recent gastropod genera Patina, Trochus, and Gibbula.