Pyrodendrina villosa Wisshak, 2017

ID16766
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonPyrodendrina villosa
AuthorWisshak, 2017
ReferenceWisshak, 2017
Parent taxonPyrodendrina
FADPleistocene
LADRecent

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeSMF XXX 866Lardos Hill, RhodosPleistoceneLindos Bay FormationWisshak, 2017

Description(s)

Wisshak, 2017:

Diagnosis: Central node of elongate to irregular shape located at shell surface as open channels, with branched and tapered galleries radiating from it, as well as shorter vertical tunnels penetrating deeper into the substrate. Gallery terminations blunt to tapered, ornamented with long, hairy protrusions.

Occurrences