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Trace fossil

Beaconella
Temporal range: Anisian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: incertae sedis
Ichnogenus: Beaconella

Beaconella is an ichnogenus comprising a wide trace thought to be constructed by a burrowing arthropod ploughing through the sediment for food, leaving a mound of piled sediment at the end of each trace.

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References

  1. McLean, Graham (4 July 2014). "A Comparative Study of the Australian Fossil Shark Egg-Case Palaeoxyris duni, with Comments on Affinities and Structure". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 136: 201–218. ISSN 0370-047X. OCLC 5618253028. S2CID 59156726.


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