Epibaion

Epibaion
Epibaion
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus: †Epibaion
Ivantsov, 2002
Ichnospecies
  • E. axiferus Ivantsov, 2002 (type)
  • E. waggoneris Ivantsov, 2011
  • E. costatus Ivantsov, 2011

Epibaion is an Ediacaran Proarticulatan imprint, often occurring in chains, that is interpreted as a feeding trace; some chains terminate in a body fossil, allowing their maker to be identified. Several specimens are known; E. waggoneris was produced by Yorgia waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia costata, and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ivantsov, A.Y.; Malakhovskaya, Y.E. (2002). "Giant Traces of Vendian Animals". Doklady Earth Sciences 385 (6): 618–622. http://vend.paleo.ru/pub/Ivantsov_et_Malakhovskaya_2002-e.pdf. 
  2. ^ Ivantsov, A. Yu. (2011). "Feeding traces of Proarticulata — the Vendian metazoa". Paleontological Journal 45 (3): 237–248. doi:10.1134/S0031030111030063.  edit