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Rosselia

Taxonomy
Rosselia was named by Dahmer (1937). Its type is Rosselia socialis.

It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).

Species
R. chonoides, R. socialis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Rosselia Dahmer
1975Rosselia Hantzschel

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RankNameAuthor
—Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusRosseliaDahmer 1937

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. †Rosselia Dahmer 1937
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†Rosselia chonoides Howard and Frey 1984
†Rosselia socialis Dahmer 1937
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Hantzschel 1975Cylindrical pencil-thick burrows, commonly oblique (30o or more) to bedding; lower end not observed; opening expanded and filled with concentric layers of matrix which as a rule are strongly weathered.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tommotian to the top of the Neogene or 525.50000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0India R. sp. (10740)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland) R. sp. (175844)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland) R. chonoides, R. socialis (175923) R. socialis (175994)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (176124)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Cenomanian122.46 - 93.5USA (Colorado) R. sp. (66902)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Nebraska) R. sp. (157025)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Taiwan (N/A) R. socialis (208977)