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Trace Fossil ID from Western New York


Rock-Guy-17

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I found a few plates of sandstone that I really liked a few years back in Lockport, NY. I believe they are from the Silurian Grimsby formation. I don't remember nearly anything about trace fossils. My first guess from just googling before making this post was arthrophycus. Can anyone tell me what kind of trace fossil is present in these pieces?

 

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1 hour ago, Rock-Guy-17 said:

I found a few plates of sandstone that I really liked a few years back in Lockport, NY. I believe they are from the Silurian Grimsby formation. I don't remember nearly anything about trace fossils. My first guess from just googling before making this post was arthrophycus. Can anyone tell me what kind of trace fossil is present in these pieces?

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Transverse annulations are a key feature of Arthrophycid burrows. Instead these fit better within the group of Planolites/Palaeophycus ichnotaxa.

 

Pemberton, S.G., Frey, R.W. 1982. Trace Fossil Nomenclature and the Planolites-Palaeophycus Dilemma. Journal of Paleontology, 56(4):843-881

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15 hours ago, piranha said:

 

 

Transverse annulations are a key feature of Arthrophycid burrows. Instead these fit better within the group of Planolites/Palaeophycus ichnotaxa.

 

Pemberton, S.G., Frey, R.W. 1982. Trace Fossil Nomenclature and the Planolites-Palaeophycus Dilemma. Journal of Paleontology, 56(4):843-881

Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Cheers

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