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Rusophycus
Taxonomy
Rusophycus was named by Hall (1852). Its type is Rusophycus clavatus.
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).
Species
R. biloba, R. clavatus (type species), R. crimesi, R. didymus, R. dispar, R. eutendorfensis, R. jenningsi, R. latus, R. leifeirikssoni, R. morgati, R. pedroanus, R. radwanskii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1852 | Rusophycus Hall |
| 1975 | Rusophycus Hantzschel |
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G. †Rusophycus Hall 1852
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†Rusophycus biloba Vanuxem 1842
†Rusophycus clavatus Hall 1852
†Rusophycus crimesi Fillion and Pickerill 1990
†Rusophycus didymus Salter 1856
†Rusophycus dispar Linnarsson 1869
†Rusophycus eutendorfensis Linck 1942
†Rusophycus jenningsi Fenton and Fenton 1937
†Rusophycus latus Webby 1983
†Rusophycus leifeirikssoni Bergstrom 1976
†Rusophycus morgati Baldwin 1977
†Rusophycus pedroanus Seilacher 1970
†Rusophycus radwanskii Alpert 1976
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. Hantzschel 1975 | Short bilobate bucklelike forms, resembling shape of coffee beans; lobes transversely wrinkled by anterolaterally directed coarse of fine striae; with deep median furrow; outline mostly elliptical; generally width equal to one-half to two-thirds length; bilobate pits deeply excavated or shallowly dug; quite variable in size and shape; morphology variable and dependent on mechanics of burrow excavation, and therefore difficult to render an unobjectionable “diagnosis.” |