Palaeoconchocelis Campbell, Kasmierczak et Golubić, 1979

Palaeoconchocelis is nomen nudum Algae (informal) according to Radtke et al., 2016
ID16376
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonPalaeoconchocelis
AuthorCampbell, Kasmierczak et Golubić, 1979
ReferenceCampbell et al., 1979
Parent taxonBioerosional trace fossils
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
1979Palaeoconchocelis n. gen.Campbell et al.406

Descriptions and remarks

Diagnosis: The thallus is endolithic within a calcareous substrate (crinoid columnals). The boreholes conform closely to the organism. The thallus is composed of: (1) large uniseriate filaments consisting of isodiametric or slightly elongate cells, 7-30 μm wide and 60-40 μm long, which branch repeatedly and form small plantlets. Branching is in all directions, and is lateral or subdichotomous, (2) fine, rarely branched filaments, 3-5 μm in diameter are attached to large filaments. The fine filaments penetrate the substrate for hundreds of microns (as revealed by borehole casts). Branching is rare, mostly near chain-like series of swellings (ca. 8 μm wide)
along these fine filaments. Cells of the large filaments often contain one or two plump or shrivelled internal bodies. Both cells and internal bodies often contain a single dense, granular inclusion. A lentil-shaped structure occurs at the center of some cell cross-walls.



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