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Page 1: Trace Fossils

Trace Fossils

Paleontology

Geology 331

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Freshwater

Hardgrounds

and

Firmgrounds

and

Shoreface

Marine

Soft marine sediments

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Skolithos burrows, Miss., WV. Skolithos Ichnfacies

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Formation clues: Skolithosburrows in Aladdin Sandstone,

Black Hills, SD

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Skolithos trace fossils in

the Cambrian of Wyoming

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Arenicola, sediment

casings, and it’s

burrow opening

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Ophiomorpha

gallery of burrows.

Eocene of

Mississippi.

Skolithos

Ichnofacies

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Callianassa

or Ghost

Shrimp

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Callianassa shrimp mounds: origin of Ophiomorpha.

Tidal flat, Florida Keys.

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Trilobite traces, Cruziana Ichnofacies

Rusophycus, resting Cruziana, crawling

Diplichnites, crawling

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Arthrophycus, Silurian. Cruziana Ichnofacies

Polychaete worm

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Palaeophycus, Mississippian. Cruziana Ichnofacies

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Olivellites, Pennsylvanian, WV. Cruziana Ichnofacies

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Rhizocorallium, Penn. WV. Cruziana Ichnofacies

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Bioturbation from abundant trace

fossils, Cruziana Ichnofacies,

Ordovician of Wyoming

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Zoophycos, Miss., KY. Zoophycos Ichnofacies

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Zoophycos

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Turbidite beds in Kentucky

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Escape structure,

Mississippian

turbidite, KY

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Helminthoidea, Tertiary. Nereites Ichnofacies

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Paleodictyon, Nereites Ichnofacies

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Psuedofossils: Load casts, Miss., WV.