Rhopalondendrina acanthina Wisshak, 2017

ID16768
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonRhopalondendrina acanthina
AuthorWisshak, 2017
ReferenceWisshak, 2017
Parent taxonRhopalondendrina
FADPleistocene
LADPleistocene

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotypeSenckenberg Institute in Frankfurt, GermanySMF XXX 870Lardos Hill, RhodosPleistoceneLindos Bay Formation, Middle PleistoceneWisshak, 2017

Description(s)

Wisshak, 2017:

 Diagnosis. A very short, sub-vertical entrance gallery gives way to a closely prostrate system of irregularly bifurcating galleries, with spiny surface texture and tapering or blunt terminations. Converging tunnels evade and cross, or run parallel to each other.

Occurrences