Sertaterebrites nachukui Ekdale, Brown et Feibel, 1989

ID16941
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
TaxonSertaterebrites nachukui
AuthorEkdale, Brown et Feibel, 1989
ReferenceEkdale et al., 1989
Parent taxonSertaterebrites
FADPleistocene
LADPleistocene

Type specimens

TypeNoType localityType horizonRemarksReference
holotype National Museums of Kenya, NairobiKNMI-WT18546- A,BPleistoceneNackukui Formation; Nachukui River Valley, West Turkana Basin, KenyaEkdale et al., 1989

Description(s)

Ekdale et al., 1989:

Diagnosis: Sertaterebrites with vertical, protrusive spreite; invidual tunnels that make up the spreite are uniformly 2 to 4 mm in diameter; calcareous tunnel walls may or may not be present; excavated in the crevice between adjacent biolithite oncolites, polygons, or domes in such a way that mirror images of the boring are cut into both walls of the crevice.