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Skolithos

Taxonomy
Skolithos was named by Haldemann (1840). It is considered to be a form taxon.

It was assigned to Skolithosidae by Vyalov (1966); and to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Skolithos Haldemann
1966Skolithos Vyalov p. 72
1975Skolithos Hantzschel

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RankNameAuthor
—Ichnofossils
RankNameAuthor
genusSkolithosHaldemann 1840

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. †Skolithos Haldemann 1840
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†Skolithos bulbus Alpert 1975
†Skolithos linearis Haldeman 1840
†Skolithos magnus Howell 1944
†Skolithos verticalis Hall 1843
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. Hantzschel 1975“Ordinary pipes”; straight tubes or pipes perpendicular to bedding and parallel to each other, subcylindrical, unbranched; 1 to 15 mm in diameter, constant for each tube; few cm up to 30 cm (max 100) long; inner walls may be finely annulated; tubes commonly closely crowded, but also may show widely spaced gradations; frequent in arenaceous sediments; forming Cambrian “pipe rocks” of Scotland.
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 635.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Namibia S. sp. (6813)
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Norway (Finmark) S. sp. (10249)
Begadean538.8 - 520.0USA (California) S. bulbus (204502)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Denmark S. linearis (153161 153162)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0India (Uttarakhand) S. sp. (153737)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Germany (Brandenburg) S. sp. (90596)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0India S. sp. (10740)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Spain S. sp. (153167 153168 153695)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (154045)
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9India (Uttarakhand) S. sp. (153700)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (California) S. sp. (204520)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3Mexico S. sp. (10682)
Montezuman - Dyeran520.0 - 511.2USA (California) S. bulbus (204542)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2USA (California) S. bulbus (204503 204505 204515 204516 204517 204519) S. linearis (204500)
Dyeran515.3 - 511.2Mexico S. sp. (10683)
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Wisconsin) S. sp. (54180)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Newfoundland) S. magnus, S. verticalis (175844) S. verticalis (175845)
Tremadoc - Arenig486.5 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland) S. magnus (175853)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Canada (Newfoundland) S. linearis (176013) S. sp., S. linearis (175923)
Chazyan470.0 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) S. sp. (310)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Mauritania S. sp. (27329)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Paraguay S. sp. (25566 25569)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Brazil (Mato Grosso) S. sp. (37096)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3New Zealand S. sp. (40520)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Spain (Palencia) S. sp. (40354)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation S. sp. (197628)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation S. sp. (197538 197556 197629)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) S. sp. (206767)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Hubei) S. sp. (204877)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Swietoryzskie) S. sp. (175801)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Argentina (Mendoza) S. sp. (219953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) S. sp. (53152)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) S. sp. (88201 88205 88206)
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.7USA (Utah) S. sp. (183201)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7USA (California) S. sp. (52175)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Massachusetts) S. sp. (69798)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3USA (Utah) S. sp. (121321)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7USA (Wyoming) S. sp. (94371)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1USA (Wyoming) S. sp. (56133 221671)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (Scotland) S. sp. (55424)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Spain (Aragón) S. sp. (58763)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Greenland S. sp. (1199 1232 1233 1242 1247 1248 1262 1276 1281 1409 1461 1474 1480 1482)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Chile (Aisén) S. sp. (83734)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Spain (La Rioja) S. sp. (59092)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Thailand (Kalasin) S. sp. (97765)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Australia (Victoria) S. sp. (185865)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) S. sp. (52532 52535 57674)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Nebraska) S. sp. (157025)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica S. sp. (83353)
Campanian - Paleocene83.6 - 56.0Mali S. sp. (202356 202357)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) S. sp. (223339)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) S. sp. (114203 114204 114829 204759)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Jujuy) S. linearis (219397)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Japan S. sp. (90777)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Magallanes) S. sp. (204203)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain S. linearis (153719)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru S. sp. (97651)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (55829)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Peru S. sp. (97652)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas S. linearis (89418)