Trace Fossil Comparisons

 

Trace Fossil First described by: Classification (Behavior) Burrow Makers Age Range Water Depths / Environment
Ancorichnus Heinberg (1974) dwelling/deposit feeding worms and insect larva Jurassic to Recent non-marine, and lacustrine
Arenicolites Salter (1857), p. 204 dwelling burrows worms, arthropods, insects Cambrian to Recent non-marine, and shallow- to deep-marine
Asterosoma von Otto (1854), p. 15 deposit feeding (mining) marine worms Silurian-Miocene shallow- to deep-marine
Bergaueria Prantl (1945), p. 50 resting trace sea anenomes Precambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Bivalve Casts   resting traces bivalves Cambrian to Recent marine and lacustrine
Chelichnus Jardine (1850) tracks dinosaurs Permian non-marine
Chirotherium Kaup (1835) tracks dinosaurs Jurassic non-marine
Chondrites von Strenberg (1833), p. 25 deposit feeding (mining) marine worms Precambrian to Recent open water, shallow- to deep-marine
Conichnus Myannil (1996), p. 201 dwelling/escape burrows worms, arthropods, anemones Cambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Coprolites Buckland (1829) resting traces vertebrates Cambrian to Recent non-marine
Cruziana d’Orbigny (1842), p. 30 grazing trails or tracks trilobites & other arthropods Precambrian to Recent lagoonal to shallow-marine; also lacustrine
Cylindrichnus Howard (1966), p. 45 dwelling/escape burrows worms, arthropods, anemones Cambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Diplocaterion Torell (1870), p. 13 dwelling/escape burrows shrimp, other crustaceans Cambrian to Recent moderate-energy, shallow-marine
Diplichnites Dawson (1845) tracks insects and marine arthropods Cambrian to Recent non-marine, and shallow- to deep-marine
Eubrontes Hitchcock (1845) tracks dinosaurs Triassic to Jurassic non-marine
Gastrochaenolites Leynerie (1842) dwelling burrows pholad (boring) clams Ordovician to Recent hardgrounds
Halymenites Sternberg (1838);
Lesquereux (1873), p. 373
original algal (fucoid) name for Ophiomorpha
Helminthoida Schafhäutl (1851), p. 142 grazing trails marine worms Cambrian to Recent low-energy marine
Helminthopsis Heer (1877), p. 116 grazing trails marine worms Cambrian to Recent low-energy marine
Hillichnus Bromley (2003) deposit feeding (mining) marine snails Cretaceous to Paleocene turbidites settings
Ichnites (tracks) Hitchcock (1837), p. 175 tracks vertebrates, arthropods, insects Cambrian to Recent non-marine and marine
Lamaichnum Aramayo & Manera de Bianco (1987) tracks camels Miocene to Recent non-marine
Laminites Ghent and Henderson (1966), p. 158 according to Uchman (1995) an alternate name for Scolicia
Macaronichnus Clifton & Thompson (1978) mining burrows marine worms Cambrian to Recent moderate-energy, shallow-marine
Muensteria von Sternberg (1833), 31 deposit feeding (mining) marine worms Cambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Naktodemasis Smith et al. (2008) dwelling/feeding burrows insects Devonian to Recent non-marine
Neonereites Seilacher (1960), p. 48 grazing trails worms, snails, arthropods Precambrian to Recent lagoonal to shallow- to deep-marine
Nereites MacLeay (1839), p. 700 grazing trails worms, snails, arthropods Precambrian to Recent lagoonal to shallow- to deep-marine
Ophiomorpha Lundgren (1891), p. 114 dwelling burrows shrimp, other crustaceans Permian to Recent turbdites, and high-energy shoreface
Palaeophycus Hall (1847), p. 7 dwelling /deposit feeding worms, arthropods, insects Precambrian to Recent non-marine, and shallow- to deep-marine
Paleodictyon Meneghini (1850), p. 484 farming burrows unknown Precambrian to Recent deep-marine
Planolites Nicholson (1873), p. 289 dwelling /deposit feeding marine worms, arthropods Precambrian to Recent non-marine, and shallow- to deep-marine
Rhizocorallium Zenker (1836), p. 219 dwelling /deposit feeding marine worms, arthropods Cambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Rhizoliths Klappa (1980) Corrosichnia (plant corrosion) terrestrial plants Cambrian to Recent non-marine
Rhizocretions Klappa (1980) Corrosichnia (plant corrosion) terrestrial plants Cambrian to Recent non-marine
Root Traces   Sphenoichnia (plant bioturbation) terrestrial plants Cambrian to Recent marine to non-marine
Rosselia Dahmer (1937), p. 532 dwelling/escape burrows worms, arthropods, anemones Cambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Rusophycos Hall (1852), p. 23 resting trace trilobites & other arthropods Precambrian to Recent lagoonal to shallow-marine; also lacustrine
Scalarituba Weller (1899), p. 12 grazing trails worms, snails, arthropods Precambrian to Recent lagoonal to shallow- to deep-marine
Scolicia de Quatrefages (1849), p. 265 deposit feeding (mining) burrowing echinoids, gastropods Cambrian-Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Scoyenia White (1929), p. 115 dwelling burrows insects Permian to Recent non-marine
Skolithos Haldemann (1840), p. 3 dwelling burrows marine worms, arthropods Precambrian to Recent non-marine, and shallow- to deep-marine
Taenidium Heer (1877), p. 117 an alternate name for Muensteria
Teichichnus Seilacher (1960), p. 378 deposit feeding (mining) marine worms Cambrian to Recent shallow- to deep-marine
Terebellina Ulrich (1904) resting traces forams, ostracods, etc. Triassic to Recent open water, shallow- to deep-marine
Teredolites Leymerie (1842), p. 2 dwelling burrows shipworms (clams) Cretaceous to Recent wood submerged in marine waters
Thalassinoides Woodward (1830);
Ehrenberg (1944), p. 350
dwelling /deposit feeding shrimp, other crustaceans Cambrian to Recent turbdites, and high-energy shoreface
Trypanites Mägdefrau (1932), p. 151 dwelling burrows boring marine worms Cambrian to Recent hardgrounds
Zoophycos Massalongo (1855), p.48 deposit feeding (mining) marine worms Precambrian to Recent deep-marine

 

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