Beaconites

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. Some terminate in elliptical pits, around 1.5 cm in diameter, presumed to represent burrowing activity. The producer of the trace is thought to have burrowed to a depth of no more than a few tens of centimeters.

Ichnospecies

B. antarcticus (Vialov, 1962) type fossil
B. capronus (Howard and Frey, 1984)
B. coronus (Frey et al., 1984)
B. fliformis (Uchman and Alvaro, 2000)

References

1 2 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Vialov, O. S. (1962). "Problematica of the Beacon Sandstone at Beacon Height West, Antarctica". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 5 (5): 718–732. doi:10.1080/00288306.1962.10417633. ISSN 0028-8306 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
↑ Howard, James D.; Frey, Robert W. (1984-02-01). "Characteristic trace fossils in nearshore to offshore sequences, Upper Cretaceous of east-central Utah". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 21 (2): 200–219. doi:10.1139/e84-022. ISSN 0008-4077.
↑ Frey, Robert W.; Pemberton, S. George; Fagerstrom, J. A. (1984). "Morphological, ethological, and environmental significance of the ichnogenera Scoyenia and Ancorichnus". Journal of Paleontology. 58 (2): 511–528.
↑ Uchman, Alfred; Álvaro, Jose Javier (2000). "Non-marine invertebrate trace fossils from the Tertiary Calatayud-Teruel basin, NE Spain". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology (in Spanish). 15 (2): 203–218. doi:10.7203/sjp.15.2.22170. ISSN 2660-9568.

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[Gevers1971-1] 1 2 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.

[Woolfe1993-2] 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.

[3] Vialov, O. S. (1962). "Problematica of the Beacon Sandstone at Beacon Height West, Antarctica". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 5 (5): 718–732. doi:10.1080/00288306.1962.10417633. ISSN 0028-8306 – via Taylor & Francis Online.

[4] Howard, James D.; Frey, Robert W. (1984-02-01). "Characteristic trace fossils in nearshore to offshore sequences, Upper Cretaceous of east-central Utah". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 21 (2): 200–219. doi:10.1139/e84-022. ISSN 0008-4077.

[5] Frey, Robert W.; Pemberton, S. George; Fagerstrom, J. A. (1984). "Morphological, ethological, and environmental significance of the ichnogenera Scoyenia and Ancorichnus". Journal of Paleontology. 58 (2): 511–528.

[6] Uchman, Alfred; Álvaro, Jose Javier (2000). "Non-marine invertebrate trace fossils from the Tertiary Calatayud-Teruel basin, NE Spain". Spanish Journal of Palaeontology (in Spanish). 15 (2): 203–218. doi:10.7203/sjp.15.2.22170. ISSN 2660-9568.

Beaconites

Ichnospecies

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