Naugolnykh S.V. 2022. Selenichnites eotriassicus ichnosp.n., possible limulid traces from the Lower Triassic of the Volga River Basin, Russia // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.31. No.4: 449–456 [in English].

Geological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119017, Russia. E-mails: naugolnykh@list.ru , naugolnykh@rambler.ru

doi: 10.15298/arthsel.31.4.05

ABSTRACT. The paper deals with a new ichnospecies Selenichnites eotriassicus ichnosp.n. found in the famous Tikhvinskoe locality, Yaroslavl region, European part of Russia. A formalized diagnosis of the new ichnospecies is given. According to the author viewpoint the traces S. eotriassicus were left by the limulid Limulitella volgensis Ponomarenko, 1985. General ideas on paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Tikhvinskoe site are discussed.

KEY WORDS: limulids, traces, paleoichnology, new ichnotaxa, Triassic, paleoecology.

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