Gastrochaenolites ampullatus Kelly and Bromley 1984

Ichnofossils

Full reference: S. R. A. Kelly and R. G. Bromley. 1984. Ichonological nomenclature of clavate borings. Palaeontology 27(4):793-807

Belongs to Gastrochaenolites according to S. R. A. Kelly and R. G. Bromley 1984

Sister taxa: Gastrochaenolites cluniformis, Gastrochaenolites dijugus, Gastrochaenolites lapidicus, Gastrochaenolites oelandicus, Gastrochaenolites orbicularis, Gastrochaenolites ornatus, Gastrochaenolites torpedo, Gastrochaenolites turbinatus

Type specimen: BMNH 15174, an other. Its type locality is Mbweni, Zanzibar, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene marine horizon in Kenya.

Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Kenya (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Israel (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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