Micrichnus

Micrichnus
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Xiphosura
Genus: †Micrichnus
Abel, 1926

Micrichnus is a trace fossil ichnogenus of arthropods. It was once thought to be a trace fossil made by a vertebrate.

References

  1. ↑ Shibata, Masateru; Varricchio, David J. (2020-05-15). "Horseshoe crab trace fossils from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana, USA, and a brief review of the xiphosurid ichnological record". Journal of Paleontology. 94 (5). Cambridge University Press (CUP): 887–905. Bibcode:2020JPal...94..887S. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.16. ISSN 0022-3360.
  2. ↑ King, Olivia A.; Stimson, Matthew R.; Lucas, Spencer G. (2019-02-04). "The IchnogenusKouphichniumand Related Xiphosuran Traces from the Steven C. Minkin Paleozoic Footprint Site (Union Chapel Mine), Alabama, USA: Ichnotaxonomic and Paleoenvironmental Implications". Ichnos. 26 (4). Informa UK Limited: 266–302. Bibcode:2019Ichno..26..266K. doi:10.1080/10420940.2018.1561447. ISSN 1042-0940.

Glut, Donald F. (2003). "Appendix: Dinosaur Tracks and Eggs". Dinosaurs: The Encyclopedia. 3rd Supplement. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 613–652. ISBN 0-7864-1166-X.