Calcideletrix breviramosa Mägdefrau, 1937

ID16742
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonCalcideletrix breviramosa
AuthorMägdefrau, 1937
ReferenceMägdefrau, 1932
Parent taxonCalcideletrix
Is validYes
FADUpper Cretaceous
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2017Calcideletrix breviramosa Mägdefrau, 1937Wisshak3812Wisshak, 2017
1982Calcideletrix flexuosaGhare1:5Ghare, 1982
1975Calcideletrix breviramosaHäntzschelW12477-4a (reproduced from Mägdefrau 1937)Häntzschel, 1975
1969Calcideletrix breviramosaNajdin1384:9Najdin, 1969
1962Calcideletrix breviramosaHäntzschelW228142-5 (reproduced from Mägdefrau 1937)Häntzschel, 1962
1937Calcideletrix breviramosa n. sp.Mägdefrau584:9Mägdefrau, 1937

Type specimens

TypeNumberRepositoryType localityLoc.Type horizonStrat.RemarksReferenceID
holotypeMLU.Mäg1937.IV.9Institut für Geowissenschaften und Geographie, HalleMisburgUpper CretaceousWisshak, 2017

Descriptions and remarks

Emended diagnosis. Extended system with mainly straight and partly bending or bifurcating main tunnel of constant diameter,from which numerous lateral secondary tunnels of same diameter emerge and taper or connect to the substrate surface. No true anastomosis and only little widening at branching points.


 


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