Pholeus Fiege, 1944


DESCRIPTION: Single or complex, U-formed, cylindrical or elliptical lined burrow system. Burrow system has a straight or curved longitudinal axis parallel to bedding generally leading into an oblique burrow near the surface, with the opposite end closed and rounded with a smaller, rising vertical to subvertical shaft.

BEHAVIOR(S): Domichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Shallow marine to lagoonal environment in an intertidal to shallow subtidal setting

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: decapod crustaceans

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Middle Triassic

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended by Knaust (2002)

REMARKS: Description from Knaust (2002)