Isopodichnus
| Isopodichnus Temporal range:
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Trace fossil classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda (?) |
| Ichnogenus: | †Isopodichnus Bornemann 1889 |
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Isopodichnus is an ichnogenus of trace fossil. Ribbon-like in form, Isopodichnus traces were likely formed by the activity of an isopod crustacean foraging within the preserved sediment. Parallel to the bedding plane, a central furrow is flanked by two hypichnial ridges. Trails may also exhibit scratch marks and be associated with Rusophycus-like resting traces. Isopodichnus are very similar in form to Cruziana traces, making delineation of the two forms difficult, and controversial.[2]
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Isopodichnus trace fossil from the upper carboniferous - (Scotland, St Monans, Fife) (two penny piece for scale) -
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Cruziana trace, possibly formed by a Trilobite.
See also
References
- ^ IRMNG (2019). Isopodichnus Bornemann, 1889 †. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1012179 on 2020-02-24
- ^ Richard G. Bromley (1996): Trace Fossils: Biology, Taphonomy and Applications. Second Edition, Chapman & Hall, p. 187 (GoogleBooks).
External links
Further reading
- Mikuláš R. (1992): Trace fossils from the Kosov Formation of the Bohemian Upper Ordovician, Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleont., 32, 9-54
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