Paleodictyon

Paleodictyon
Temporal range:
Paleodictyon imperfectum in Oligocene-Miocene sandrock
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus: Paleodictyon
Meneghini, 1850

Paleodictyon is a trace fossil, usually interpreted to be a burrow, which appears in the geologic marine record beginning in the Precambrian/Early Cambrian and in modern ocean environments. Paleodictyon were first described by Giuseppe Meneghini in 1850. The origin of the trace fossil is enigmatic and numerous candidates have been proposed.

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