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Treptichnus

Taxonomy
Treptichnus was named by Miller (1889).

It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Treptichnus Miller
1975Treptichnus Hantzschel

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusTreptichnusMiller 1889

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. †Treptichnus Miller 1889
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Treptichnus apsorum Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005
Treptichnus bifurcus Miller 1889
Treptichnus pedum Seilacher 1955
Treptichnus pollardi Buatois and Mángano 1993
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Hantzschel 1975Straight or curved row of short individual burrows of equal length, arranged alternating to right and left, tending upward, resulting in a zigzag featherstitch pattern, comparable to sympodial ramification of plants.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Albian or 635.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8USA (Nevada) T. pedum (212257 231441) T. sp. (231325 231326)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Canada (Northwest Territories) T. bifurcus, T. pedum (231367) T. pollardi (237739)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Norway (Finnmark) Phycodes pedum (10250)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Spain Phycodes pedum (237440 237443) T. pedum (237503) T. sp., Phycodes pedum (10573)
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Namibia Phycodes pedum (7911) T. sp. (237209)
Ediacaran - Nemakit-Daldynian635.0 - 525.5Namibia T. pedum (139838)
Fortunian538.8 - 529.0Spain T. pedum (237504)
Fortunian538.8 - 529.0Australia (South Australia) T. pedum (51882)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Namibia Phycodes pedum (237707) T. pedum (51742)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Mexico (Sonora) T. pedum (99428)
Begadean538.8 - 520.0USA (Nevada) T. sp. (223401)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5India (Uttarakhand) T. sp. (153737)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Kazakhstan T. sp. (155787)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain T. bifurcus (153698) T. ichnosp. A, T. bifurcus (153167 153168)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Poland Phycodes pedum (153007 153009)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1China (Yunnan) T. pedum (139440)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland) Phycodes pedum (176069)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Alabama) Treptichnus indet. (241686)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Alabama) T. apsorum (81525)
Missourian - Virgilian306.0 - 298.9USA (Kansas) T. bifurcus, T. pollardi (31)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) T. pollardi (219953)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4USA (Colorado) T. sp. (179080)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) T. sp. (28006)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Argentina T. pollardi (22710)