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Ophiomorpha
Taxonomy
Ophiomorpha was named by Lundgren (1891). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1891 | Ophiomorpha Lundgren |
| 1975 | Ophiomorpha Hantzschel |
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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.
G. †Ophiomorpha Lundgren 1891
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†Ophiomorpha gigantica Vyalov 1966
†Ophiomorpha irregulaire Frey 1978
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. Hantzschel 1975 | Three-dimensional burrow system (diameter 0.5-3 cm) dichotomously branching, generally at acute angles; with local swellings close to or at points of branching; tunnels internally smooth but outer surface of burrow lining characteristically mammillate due to presence of discoidal or ovoid pellets, which are several mm, rarely more, in diameter; tunnels may also be only partly lined by small pellets; longitudinal ridges occur on outer surface of some burrow fillings; occasionally penetrating sediment for more than 1 m in depth. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Collections (63 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paleozoic | Chile (Ovalle) | O. sp. (222432) | |
| Jamesoni | Greenland | O. sp. (161976 162076 162077) | |
| Pliensbachian | Italy (Veneto) | O. irregulaire (127455) | |
| Pliensbachian | Greenland | O. sp. (161966 161970 162066) | |
| Callovian | India (Kachchh) | O. nodosa (24047) | |
| Valanginian | Ukraine (Crimea) | O. sp. (124863 124867) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Argentina (Neuquén) | O. sp. (154107 154108) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Antarctica | O. sp. (64244) | |
| Cenomanian | Italy | O. sp. (138314) | |
| Middle Turonian | USA (New Mexico) | O. sp. (88641) | |
| Campanian | Antarctica | O. sp. (83353) | |
| Campanian | USA (New Jersey) | O. nodosa (124932) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | O. sp. (167435) | |
| Middle Campanian | USA (Texas) | O. sp. (90466) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Texas) | O. sp. (212185) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Cataluña) | O. sp. (74526) | |
| Lancian | USA (North Dakota) | O. sp. (53234) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | O. sp. (231465) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Mississippi) | O. sp. (205797) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (South Dakota) | O. nodosa (88511) O. sp. (90926) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Aragón) | O. sp. (45438) | |
| Danian | Denmark | O. sp. (89866) | |
| Danian | USA (Arkansas) | O. sp. (206776) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene | United Kingdom (England) | O. nodosa (8085) | |
| Paleocene | USA (North Dakota) | O. nodosa (58020) | |
| Ypresian | USA (California) | O. sp. (207317) | |
| Lutetian | Spain | O. sp. (165187) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Mississippi) | O. sp. (99668) | |
| Bartonian | Spain | O. nodosa (142111) O. sp. (141924) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Florida) | O. sp. (49882) | |
| Bartonian | USA (Mississippi) | O. sp. (61249) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Navarre) | O. annulata, O. rudis (179724) O. sp. (80238 80239) | |
| Oligocene | Spain | O. rudis (193008 193009) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Chile | O. sp. (180187) | |
| Neogene | Taiwan (N/A) | O. nodosa (208977 209005) | |
| Otaian - Altonian | New Zealand | O. sp. (77489) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile | O. sp. (78525) | |
| Langhian | Belgium (Flemish Region) | O. nodosa (275668) | |
| Badenian | Hungary | O. sp. (207753) | |
| Badenian | Slovakia | O. sp. (145973) | |
| Serravallian | Austria | O. sp. (148220) | |
| Sarmatian | Slovakia | O. sp. (145937) | |
| Zanclean | USA (South Carolina) | O. sp. (60940) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Mexico (Michoacan) | O. sp. (66168) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Peru | O. sp. (97652) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Virginia) | O. sp. (104698) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | India | O. sp. (76318) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | O. sp. (148708) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | O. sp. (88949 89418) | |
| Holocene | India | O. sp. (76320) |