Zoophycos
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| Zoophycos trace fossil from the Mississippian of northern Kentucky. Scale bar is 5.0 cm. | |
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Zoophycos is a somewhat cosmopolitan ichnogenus thought to be produced by moving and feeding polychaete worms.[1]
Occurrence
Zoophycos is somewhat cosmopolitan,[2] though it is typically associated with deep marine muds and sands, often between turbidite beds. It is known from both the fossil record and deep sea sediment cores.[3] However it can also occur in shallow-marine storm deposits.[4]
The ichnogenus gives its name to an ichnofacies associated with the shelf break.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Zhang, Li-Jun; Zhao, Zhao (2015). "Complex behavioural patterns and ethological analysis of the trace fossil Zoophycos: Evidence from the Lower Devonian of South China". Lethaia: n/a. doi:10.1111/let.12146.
- ↑ MacEachern JA, Bann KL, Pemberton SG, Gingras MK. 2009. The Ichnofacies Paradigm: High-Resolution Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Rock Record. In: MacEachern JA,, In: Bann KL,, In: Gingras MK,, In: Pemberton SG, eds. Applied Ichnology: SEPM Short Course Notes.27–64.
- ↑ Seilacher, A. (1967). "Bathymetry of trace fossils". Marine Geology 5 (5–6): 413–428. doi:10.1016/0025-3227(67)90051-5.
- ↑ Zhang, Li-Jun; Zhao, Zhao (2015). "Complex behavioural patterns and ethological analysis of the trace fossil Zoophycos: Evidence from the Lower Devonian of South China". Lethaia: n/a. doi:10.1111/let.12146.
- ↑ MacEachern JA, Bann KL, Pemberton SG, Gingras MK. 2009. The Ichnofacies Paradigm: High-Resolution Paleoenvironmental Interpretation of the Rock Record. In: MacEachern JA,, In: Bann KL,, In: Gingras MK,, In: Pemberton SG, eds. Applied Ichnology: SEPM Short Course Notes.27–64.
Further reading
- Vinn, O.; Toom, U. (2015). "The trace fossil Zoophycos from the Silurian of Estonia" (PDF). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 64 (4): 284–288. doi:10.3176/earth.2015.34. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
External links
The Paleontology Portal. "Trace Fossils from North America" (Web – photos). The Paleontology Portal. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
http://ichnology.ku.edu/invertebrate_traces/tfimages/zoophycos.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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