Yj. Han et Rk. Pickerill, PHYCODES-TEMPLUS SP-NOV FROM THE LOWER DEVONIAN OF NORTHWESTERN NEW-BRUNSWICK, EASTERN CANADA, Atlantic geology, 30(1), 1994, pp. 37-46
Phycodes templus isp. nov. is described from siliciclastic turbidites
of the Wapske Formation of the Tobique Group (Lower Devonian) of north
western New Brunswick, eastern Canada. The new ichnospecies is charact
erized by a minimum of two, more typically several, bundled sets of es
sentially horizontal, broomlike or flabellate, internally structureles
s, lined burrows. Burrow sets within an individual specimen are interc
onnected by a single tunnel to form an overall inverted pagoda-shaped
structure. The ichnotaxon is believed to have been produced by a vagil
e deposit feeder, most likely a worm-like organism.