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Scoyenia
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scoyenia WHITE, 1929, p. 115
Type Species:
*S. gracilis, M
Images
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Fig. 64,3. *S. gracilis, Hermit Sh., Ariz., ca. X0.7 (White, 1929)
Synonyms
Spongillopsis, Planolites
Geographic Distribution
Perm., Eu.(France-Ger.)-USA(Ariz.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Slender burrows with ropelike sculpture, 2 to 10 mm (max. 20) in diameter; in half or full relief or flattened, linear and commonly curved, not branched, often crossing each other; parallel or vertical or oblique to bedding; sometimes showing slight "peristaltic" thickenings, outside covered by fine clustered wrinkles densely arranged; inner structure as on stuffed burrows with backfilling, visible if preserved in full relief. [According to MULLER (1969c, p. 926, 927), probably made by same animal (polychaete worm? ) or one similar to that making ichnogenus Tambia MULLER; Scoyenia, index trace fossil for "Scoyenia facies" (SEILACHER, 1967, p. 415), representing nonmarine sand and shales, commonly red beds.]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Scoyenia WHITE, 1929, p. 115
Type Species:
*S. gracilis, M
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 64,3. *S. gracilis, Hermit Sh., Ariz., ca. X0.7 (White, 1929)
Synonyms
Spongillopsis, Planolites
Geographic Distribution
Perm., Eu.(France-Ger.)-USA(Ariz.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Beginning International Stage:
Asselian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
298.89
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Changhsingian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
251.9
Description
Slender burrows with ropelike sculpture, 2 to 10 mm (max. 20) in diameter; in half or full relief or flattened, linear and commonly curved, not branched, often crossing each other; parallel or vertical or oblique to bedding; sometimes showing slight "peristaltic" thickenings, outside covered by fine clustered wrinkles densely arranged; inner structure as on stuffed burrows with backfilling, visible if preserved in full relief. [According to MULLER (1969c, p. 926, 927), probably made by same animal (polychaete worm? ) or one similar to that making ichnogenus Tambia MULLER; Scoyenia, index trace fossil for "Scoyenia facies" (SEILACHER, 1967, p. 415), representing nonmarine sand and shales, commonly red beds.]