Beaconites is an ichnogenus known from the Beacon Supergroup, 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 1.5 cm 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]
Ichnospecies
edit- B. antarcticus - type fossil
- others
See also
edit- Trace fossil – Geological record of biological activity
References
edit- ^ 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. JSTOR 1302754.81-94&rft.date=1971&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1302754#id-name=JSTOR&rft.au=Gevers, T.W.&rft.au=Frakes, L.A.&rft.au=Edwards, L.N.&rft.au=Marzolf, J.E.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Beaconites" class="Z3988">
- ^ Woolfe, K.J. (1993). "Devonian depositional environments in the Darwin Mountains: Marine or non-marine?". Antarctic Science. 5 (2): 211–220. Bibcode:1993AntSc...5..211W. doi:10.1017/S0954102093000276. S2CID 129509428.211-220&rft.date=1993&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:129509428#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1017/S0954102093000276&rft_id=info:bibcode/1993AntSc...5..211W&rft.au=Woolfe, K.J.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Beaconites" class="Z3988">
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