Ornatifilum

Ornatifilum
Temporal range: Late Silurian (Wenlock) – Early Devonian (Lochkovian)[1]
Tortotubus closely resembles Ornatifilum. 250 μm long.
T. protuberans from the Silurian of Kerrera, Scotland. 200 μm long.
Scientific classification
Genus:
Ornatifilum

Burgess & Edwards 1991
Species
  • O. granulatum Burgess & Edwards, 1991 (type)

Ornatifilum (Latin ornatus + filum, Ornamented filament) is an artificial form genus, which is used to categorise any small, branched filaments with external ornamentation.

It has been applied to microfossils of Devonian age with fungal affinities, though these taxa have since been recognized as an early growth form of Tortotubus.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Burgess1991 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Smith, Martin R. (2016). "Cord-forming Palaeozoic fungi in terrestrial assemblages" (PDF). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 180 (4): 452–460. doi:10.1111/boj.12389.