Saerichnites Billings 1866
DESCRIPTION: Bedding plane trace comprising single parallel rows of tracks, semicircular or subquadrate pits or pustules, average 2.5 cm diameter, more or less regularly distributed on bedding planes. The tracks can be somewhat curved in outline on outer margin, anterior and posterior margins nearly straight, bottom nearly flat.
BEHAVIOR(S): Fodinichnia, agrichnia
ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Deep marine, turbidites
POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: marine worms
GEOLOGIC RANGE: Ordovician-recent
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended by Uchman, 1998. Chamberlain, C.K., 1977; Uchman, 1995
REMARKS: This ichnogenus is typified by
S. abruptus Billings (Billings, 1866; Hantzschel, 1975). Former diagnosis, provided by Uchman (1995), related this ichnogenus to sub-vertical shafts.