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Redescription of Early Pennsylvanian trace-fossil holotypes from the nonmarine Hindostan Whetstone beds of Indiana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Christopher G. Maples  and
Allen W. Archer
Christopher G. Maples
Affiliation:
Kansas Geological Survey, 1930 Constant Avenue, The University of Kansas, Lawrence 66046
Allen W. Archer
Affiliation:
AZTeL, P.O. Box 2563, Bloomington, Indiana 47402 Department of Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405
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Abstract

The late Namurian Hindostan Whetstone beds are among the oldest Pennsylvanian strata recognized in the Illinois Basin. Trace-fossil holotypes of Haplotichnus indianensis, Plangtichnus erraticus, and Treptichnus bifurcus were first described and illustrated from these nonmarine strata with line drawings without reference to scale in a relatively obscure work by S. A. Miller (1889). These holotypes are refigured and redescribed in this paper. Based on examination of holotype collections, the Ordovician “Feather-stitch Trail” of Wilson (1948) is judged not to be congeneric with Treptichnus. The ichnogenus Ancorichnus, which is present in the Hindostan Whetstone beds, superficially resembles Haplotichnus; however, Haplotichnus lacks the internal meniscae characteristic of Ancorichnus.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 61 , Issue 5 , September 1987 , pp. 890 - 897
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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