Epibaion

Epibaion Temporal range: Ediacaran, around 558–555 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	†Epibaion Ivantsov, 2002
Ichnospecies
E. axiferus Ivantsov, 2002 (type) E. waggoneris Ivantsov, 2011 E. costatus Ivantsov, 2011

Epibaion waggoneris, chain of trace platforms and the imprint of the body of Yorgia waggoneri (right), which created these traces.

Epibaion is a trace fossil imprint of the Ediacaran animals of the phylum Proarticulata, which became extinct in the Precambrian. Imprints often occurring in chains, that is interpreted as a feeding trace; some chains terminate in a body fossil, allowing their maker to be identified. Several specimens are known; E. waggoneris was produced by Yorgia waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia costata, and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker. It is proposed that the Australian fossil Phyllozoon is also a feeding trace of Proarticulata.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of Ediacaran genera

References

1. Ivantsov, A.Y.; Malakhovskaya, Y.E. (2002). "Giant Traces of Vendian Animals" (PDF). Doklady Earth Sciences 385 (6): 618–622.
2. Ivantsov, A. Y. (2011). "Feeding traces of Proarticulata — the Vendian metazoa". Paleontological Journal 45 (3): 237–248. doi:10.1134/S0031030111030063.
3. Andrey Yu. Ivantsov (2013). "Trace Fossils of Precambrian Metazoans "Vendobionta" and "Mollusks"". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 21 (3): 252–264. doi:10.1134/S0869593813030039.