Undichna simplicitas
| Undichna simplicitas Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous – ? | |
|---|---|
Trace fossil classification  | |
| Ichnogenus: | †Undichna |
| Ichnospecies: | †U. simplicitas |
| Binomial name | |
| Undichna simplicitas | |
Undichna simplicitas is a fish-fin, or fish-swimming fossil trackway left as a fossil impression on a substrate; this type of fossil is an ichnofossil, and in this case an ichnospecies. The ichnogenus for the fish-fin, or fish tracks is named Undichna.
Fossil trackways of Undichna simplicitas have been found in Alabama, USA, in the Pottsville Form, (Westphalian A, Upper Carboniferous, coal mine and tailings); also Indiana, Kansas, and Spain, (El Montsec and Las Hoyas).
See also
External links
- Birmingham Paleontological Society (PBS) report – Alabama, USA
- Reference list-515, 657 – University of Alberta
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