Oldhamia

Oldhamia; Temporal range: Fortunian–Wuliuan PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	†Oldhamia; Forbes, 1848
Ichnospecies
	Oldhamia radiata Forbes, 1848 ; Oldhamia antiqua Forbes, 1848 ; Oldhamia flabellata Aceñolaza et Durand, 1973 ; Oldhamia curvata Lindholm et Casey, 1990 ; Oldhamia geniculata Seilacher, Buatois et Mangano, 2005 ; Oldhamia alata Seilacher, Buatois et Mangano, 2005 ;

Oldhamia is an

ichnogenus describing burrows produced by worm-like organisms mining underneath microbial mats. It was common from the Early Cambrian deep-water deposits.^[1]^[2]

The Ediacaran species Oldhamia recta are body fossils of a rod-like organism, rather than ichnofossils.^[3]

The Ordovician Oldhamia pinnata and Carboniferous-Permian Oldhamia fimbriata were mentioned without any ichnotaxonomical formalization, and therefore are

nomina nuda

.

It was named after the geologist Thomas Oldham by Edward Forbes, who first described it in 1848.

References

doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.003
.

^ Herbosch, A.; Verniers, J. (2011). "What is the biostratigraphic value of the ichnofossil Oldhamia for the Cambrian: a review". Geologica Belgica. 14 (3–4): 229–248.

doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2010.01.008. Archived from the original
(PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

Taxon identifiers
Oldhamia

Wikidata: Q7085671

GBIF: 8655827

IRMNG: 1012184

Paleobiology Database: 209293

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[Seilacher2005-1] :10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.003
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[Herbosch2011-2] Herbosch, A.; Verniers, J. (2011). "What is the biostratigraphic value of the ichnofossil Oldhamia for the Cambrian: a review". Geologica Belgica. 14 (3–4): 229–248.

[Tacker2010-3] :10.1016/j.precamres.2010.01.008. Archived from the original
(PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

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