Beaconites

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Beaconites is an ichnogenus known from the Beacon sandstone, Antarctica, comprising a large, segmented burrow, bearing superficial resemblance to the skeleton of a snake, and probably created by a worm-like organism "shovelling" the substrate out of its way.[1] Some terminate in elliptical pits, around 1.5cm in diameter, presumed to represent burrowing activity.[1] The producer of the trace is thought to have burrowed to a depth of no more than a few tens of centimeters.[2]

[edit] Ichnospecies

  • B. antarcticus - type.
  • others.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Gevers, T.W.; Frakes, L.A.; Edwards, L.N.; Marzolf, J.E. (1971). "Trace Fossils in the Lower Beacon Sediments (Devonian), Darwin Mountains, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica". Journal of Paleontology 45 (1): 81-94. 
  2. ^ Woolfe, K.J. (1993). "Devonian depositional environments in the Darwin Mountains: Marine or non-marine?". Antarctic Science 5 (02): 211-220. doi:10.1017/S0954102093000276. 
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