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Phycodes ungulatus

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YearName and author
1990Phycodes ungulatus Fillion and Pickerill

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
genusPhycodesRichter 1850
RankNameAuthor
speciesungulatus

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Phycodes ungulatus Fillion and Pickerill 1990
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Fillion and R. K. Pickerill 1990Phycodes resembling the grasping talon of a bird of
prey, in which a prismatic, gently sloping, proximal tube, with an
incipient spreite, distally bifurcates radially to give rise to short,
cylindrical branches that abruptly angle upwards and become
vertical.