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Treptichnus
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Treptichnus MILLER, 1889, p. 581
Type Species:
*T. bifurcus, OD
Images
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Fig. 68,5. "Feather-stitch trail" WILSON; 5a, schem. drawing (Wilson, 1948); 5b, schem. reconstr.; 5e, L.Dev., Hunsriick Sh., Ger.; X1.7 (5b,e, Seilacher & Hemleben, 1966)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
L.Cam. E.GreenI.(Bastion F.)-Eu.(N.Nor.)(Breivik F.); Cam., VSA(Ariz.); Ord.(Trenton.) , Can.; L.Dev. (Hunsriick Sh.), Eu.(Ger.); L.Carb., VSA(Ind.); L.lur., Eu.(Ger.); L.Cret.( Valang., Bentheim Ss.), Eu.(N.Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cam.
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.(Valang.)
Ending International Stage:
Valanginian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
132.6
Description
Straight or curved row of short individual burrows of equal length, arranged alternating to right and left, tending upward, resulting in a zigzag featherstitch pattern, comparable to sympodial ramification of plants. [Feeding burrow (SEILACHER & HEMLEBEN, 1966, p. 49).]
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Trace Fossils and Problematica
Class:
Trace Fossils
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Treptichnus MILLER, 1889, p. 581
Type Species:
*T. bifurcus, OD
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 68,5. "Feather-stitch trail" WILSON; 5a, schem. drawing (Wilson, 1948); 5b, schem. reconstr.; 5e, L.Dev., Hunsriick Sh., Ger.; X1.7 (5b,e, Seilacher & Hemleben, 1966)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
L.Cam. E.GreenI.(Bastion F.)-Eu.(N.Nor.)(Breivik F.); Cam., VSA(Ariz.); Ord.(Trenton.) , Can.; L.Dev. (Hunsriick Sh.), Eu.(Ger.); L.Carb., VSA(Ind.); L.lur., Eu.(Ger.); L.Cret.( Valang., Bentheim Ss.), Eu.(N.Ger.)
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cam.
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
L.Cret.(Valang.)
Ending International Stage:
Valanginian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
132.6
Description
Straight or curved row of short individual burrows of equal length, arranged alternating to right and left, tending upward, resulting in a zigzag featherstitch pattern, comparable to sympodial ramification of plants. [Feeding burrow (SEILACHER & HEMLEBEN, 1966, p. 49).]