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Gastrochaenolites ampullatus

Taxonomy
Gastrochaenolites ampullatus was named by Kelly and Bromley (1984). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is BMNH 15174, an other, and it is a trace fossil. Its type locality is Mbweni, Zanzibar, which is in a Pliocene/Pleistocene marine horizon in Kenya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Gastrochaenolites ampullatus Kelly and Bromley pp. 798-799 figs. text-figs 2a-b, 3b, 4c

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RankNameAuthor
—Ichnofossils
genusGastrochaenolitesLeymerie 1842
RankNameAuthor
speciesampullatus

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 ampullatus Kelly and Bromley 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available