Clastices
Clastices is a fictional genus created for illustrative purposes in discussions of clastic sedimentology and paleoecology. It is not an actual taxon described in the scientific literature, but is used in teaching materials and hypothetical case studies to demonstrate how fossil assemblages relate to sedimentary environments.
Taxonomy and species (fictional): Domain Eukaryota; Kingdom Animalia; Phylum Chordata; Class Aves; Family Clastornithidae (fictional); Genus
Description: Clastices is imagined as a small, shore-adapted bird with a slender, pointed bill and long legs
Discovery and geographic setting: In the hypothetical narrative, Clastices is described from fossil deposits of a
Significance and interpretation: The fictional taxon is presented to illustrate how clastic sedimentology influences the preservation
See also: Clastic sedimentology, Paleontology, Fossil birds. References: This article concerns a fictional genus used for