Sulcichnus Martinell and Domènech, 2009
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.01095.2023 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/975E87F9-A313-0927-903B-DA40FA4582AF |
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Felipe |
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Sulcichnus Martinell and Domènech, 2009 |
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Ichnogenus Sulcichnus Martinell and Domènech, 2009
Type ichnospecies: Sulcichnus maeandriformis Martinell and Domènech, 2009 , upper Zanclean (Pliocene) silt, Velerín, Estepona Basin, E Andalusia, Spain .
Diagnosis. —Long grooves, sometimes branched, running along the surface substrate sinuously or in a contorted fashion. Grooves never run in parallel, and loose or tight loops may occur (cited from Martinell and Domènech 2009).
Remarks.— Sulcichnus is a fixichnion produced by commensal polychaetes, recently by Helmutneris flabellicola ( Fage, 1936) , formerly Lumbrineris flabellicola Fage, 1936 , on deep-sea solitary corals, but the fossil examples are known mostly from the shallow-marine Pliocene of the Western Mediterranean ( Martinell and Domènech 2009). Sulcichnus occurs since the Ordovician ( Knaust and Dronov 2013).
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