Oldhamia

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]

Oldhamia
Temporal range: Fortunian–Wuliuan
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

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.

See also

References
  1. Seilacher, Adolf; Luis A. Buatoisb; M. Gabriela Mángano (2005-10-07). "Trace fossils in the Ediacaran–Cambrian transition: Behavioral diversification, ecological turnover and environmental shift". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 227 (4): 323–356. Bibcode:2005PPP...227..323S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.06.003.
  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.
  3. Tacker, R.C.; Martin, A.J.; Weaver, P.G.; Lawver, D.R. (2010). "Trace fossils versus body fossils: Oldhamia recta revisited" (PDF). Precambrian Research. 178 (1–4): 43–50. Bibcode:2010PreR..178...43T. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2010.01.008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2013-06-04.


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