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Piscichnus waitemata

Taxonomy
Piscichnus waitemata was named by Gregory (1991). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is X39, an other, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Matheson's Bay, which is in a Waitakian/Otaian marine conglomerate in the Cape Rodney Formation of New Zealand.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Piscichnus waitemata Gregory p. 198 figs. Figs. 6-9

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
genusPiscichnusFeibel 1987
RankNameAuthor
specieswaitemata

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.

Piscichnus waitemata Gregory 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Otaian or 23.04000 to 18.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian - Otaian25.2 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland Region) Piscichnus waitemata (type locality: 275640)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Japan (Wakayama) Piscichnus waitemata (275389)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58Taiwan (N/A) Piscichnus waitemata (208977)