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Fascifodina

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Fascifodina
Temporal range: Ordovician
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Genus: Fascifodina
Osgood, 1970[1]
Ichnospecies
  • Fascifodina floweri
    Osgood, 1970

Fascifodina is a marine trace fossil of uncertain origin from the Ordovician of North America. It has either been interpreted as arm traces of an orthocerid cephalopod[2] or interconnected burrows of an unknown animal.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Osgood, R.G. Jr. (1970). "Trace fossils of the Cincinnati area". Palaeontographica Americana. 6 (41): 281–444.
  2. ^ Flower, R.H. (1955). "Trails and tentacular impressions of orthoconic cephalopods". Journal of Paleontology. 29 (5): 857–867. JSTOR 1300406.