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Gastrochaenolites lapidicus

Taxonomy
Gastrochaenolites lapidicus was named by Kelly and Bromley (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BGS Kelly Col. Zu2230, an other, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 3, Nettleton, Basal Spilsby Nodule Bed, Lincolnshire, which is in a Tithonian shoreface sandstone in the Spilsby Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Gastrochaenolites lapidicus Kelly and Bromley pp. 797-798 figs. text-figs 3a, 4a-b
2020Gastrochaenolites lapidicus Maisch et al. p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
genusGastrochaenolitesLeymerie 1842
RankNameAuthor
specieslapidicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gastrochaenolites lapidicus Kelly and Bromley 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: suspension feederg
Created: 2009-08-12 09:59:19
Modified: 2009-10-11 02:29:08
Source: g = genus
Reference: Kelly and Bromley 1984

Age range: base of the Discites to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 170.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Discites170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom Gastrochaenolites lapidicus (141363)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Gastrochaenolites lapidicus (11084)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (England) Gastrochaenolites lapidicus (type locality: 69130)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Gastrochaenolites lapidicus (138910)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Portugal Gastrochaenolites lapidicus (151582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Gastrochaenolites lapidicus (166071)