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Phycodes

Taxonomy
Phycodes was named by Richter (1850). Its type is Phycodes sericeus.

It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Phycodes Richter
1975Phycodes Hantzschel

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RankNameAuthor
Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusPhycodesRichter 1850

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. †Phycodes Richter 1850
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Phycodes circinatum Richter 1850
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Invalid names: Phycodes rouvillei Da Saporta 1884 [synonym]
Phycodes palmatum Hall 1852
Phycodes palmatus Hall 1852
Phycodes pedum Seilacher 1955
Phycodes sericeus Richter 1850
Phycodes ungulatus Fillion and Pickerill 1990
Phycodes wabanensis Fillion and Pickerill 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Hantzschel 1975Bundled structures of flabellate or broomlike pattern, consisting or horizontal tunnels; proximally part of main tunnels unbranched, distal tunnels divide at acute angles into several free cylindrical tunnels showing delicate annulation beneath thin smooth “bark”; main branches may show structure similar to retrusive spreiten (absent in P. flabellum from Cincinnatian of USA); other “species” (e.g. P. pedum and P. flabellum) vary considerably in morphology from type species wich is also variable (e.g. falcate o featherstitch-like pattern of feeding tunnels); about 15 cm long in entirety; generally preserved as convex hyporeliefs in quartzites.
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 (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia P. pedum (7911)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Spain P. pedum (10573)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Norway (Finnmark) P. pedum (10250)
Nemakit-Daldynian541.0 - 530.0Russian Federation (Sakha) P. sp. (99228)
Tommotian - Atdabanian530.0 - 516.0India P. sp. (10740)
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0Spain P. sp. (153167 153168)
Atdabanian520.0 - 516.0USA (Tennessee) P. sp. (154045)
Botomian516.0 - 513.0China (Yunnan) P. sp. (139440)
Botomian516.0 - 513.0Poland P. pedum (153007) P. pedum, P. palmatum (153009)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland) P. pedum, P. ungulatus (176069)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland) P. circinatus (175994) P. circinatus, P. wabanensis (175923) P. palmatus (176013)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) Vexillum rouvillei (20827)
Juuru443.4 - 439.0Estonia P. sp. (172929)
Llandovery - Pridoli443.4 - 419.2USA (Alabama) P. flabellum (210745)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. sp. (154138)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Thailand (Kalasin) P. sp. (97765)