Vagorichnus Buatois and Mangano, 2009

DESCRIPTION: Vagorichnus consists of complex burrow systems composed of discontinuous curved to meandering segments in which irregular networks are formed. Traces are preserved as hypichnial ridges on the sole of turbidite sandstones.

BEHAVIOR(S): Feeding structures, fodinichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Terrestrial lacustrine

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Worms

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Jurassic

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REMARKS: A new ichnogenus, Vagorichnus, is figured and described from Jurassic lacustrine turbidites of the Anyao Formation, Henan Province, Central China. The ichnospecies V. anyao covers burrow systems characterized by constricted and irregularly annulated segments, and ridge-like knobs. Although several lines of evidence indicate that these ichnofossils record the activity of a post-event infauna. Vagorichnus occurs as discrete and compound ichnotaxa. In the latter case, it grades into Gordia and Tuberculichnus.