Radulichnus is an ichnogenus of trace fossil which resembles the marks produced by the action of a mollusc's radula on sediment. As an ichnogenus, its classification is based solely on appearance, and does not necessarily imply anything of the affinity of the organism which produced the trace.[2] However, fossils of Kimberella have been found at or near the ends of Radulichnus traces, leading to the possibility that some traces were made by Kimberella.

Radulichnus
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Ichnofamily: Gnathichnidae
Ichnogenus: Radulichnus
Voigt, 1977
Type ichnospecies
Radulichnus inopinatus
Voigt, 1977
Ichnospecies[1]
  • R. inopinatus Voigt, 1977
  • R. transversus Lopes & Pereira, 2018

References edit

  1. ^ Wisshak, M.; Knaust, D.; Bertling, M. (2019). "Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list". Facies. 65 (2): 24. doi:10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8.
  2. ^ Butterfield, N.J. (2006). "Hooking some stem-group "worms": fossil lophotrochozoans in the Burgess Shale". BioEssays. 28 (12): 1161–6. doi:10.1002/bies.20507. PMID 17120226. S2CID 29130876.