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Isopodichnus

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Isopodichnus
Temporal range: 221.5-205.6 Ma
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda (?)
Ichnogenus: Isopodichnus
Bornemann 1889
Ichnospecies[1]
  • Isopodichnus queenslandensis Cook & Bann, 2000

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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References

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  1. ^ IRMNG (2019). Isopodichnus Bornemann, 1889 †. Accessed at: http://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1012179 on 2020-02-24
  2. ^ Richard G. Bromley (1996): Trace Fossils: Biology, Taphonomy and Applications. Second Edition, Chapman & Hall, p. 187 (GoogleBooks).
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Further reading

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  • Mikuláš R. (1992): Trace fossils from the Kosov Formation of the Bohemian Upper Ordovician, Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleont., 32, 9-54