Research paper

Meanderovaleichnus huenickeni ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. from the Bajo de Véliz Formation (Upper Carboniferous–Permian), Argentina: a new case of worm-type burrowing

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CARLOS CÓNSOLE-GONELLA
Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica (INSUGEO), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, CP. 4000, Tucumán, Argentina. carlosconsole@csnat.unt.edu.ar
Corresponding author

FLORENCIO G. ACEÑOLAZA
Instituto Superior de Correlación Geológica (INSUGEO), Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Miguel Lillo 205, CP. 4000, Tucumán, Argentina.

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ABSTRACT

A new ichnofossil, Meanderovaleichnus huenickeni ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov., is described from the fluviolacustrine deposits of the Bajo de Véliz Formation (Upper Carboniferous–Permian). The trace fossil consists of meanders (epichnial) with regular constrictions of variable width along the course. It is interpreted as a locomotion trace (repichnion) due to peristaltic burrowing of a worm, probably an annelid.

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Keywords:  Ichnology, Upper Paleozoic, Argentina, Meanderovaleichnus huenickeni, repichnia.

How to cite:  Cónsole-Gonella, C. & Aceñolaza, F.G. 2014. Meanderovaleichnus huenickeni ichnogen. et ichnosp. nov. from the Bajo de Véliz Formation (Upper Carboniferous–Permian), Argentina: a new case of worm-type burrowing. Spanish Journal of Palaeontology, 29 (1), 51-60.

Received 02 May 2013, Accepted 07 August 2013, Published 30 June 2014

https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.29.1.17488

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