Epibaion

Epibaion
Temporal range: Ediacaran,
around 558–555 Ma
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Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Ichnogenus: †Epibaion
Ivantsov, 2002
Ichnospecies
  • Epibaion axiferus Ivantsov, 2002 (type)
  • Epibaion waggoneris Ivantsov, 2011
  • Epibaion costatus Ivantsov, 2011
Epibaion waggoneris, chain of trace platforms and the imprint of the body of Yorgia waggoneri (right), which created these traces.

Epibaion is a trace fossil imprint of the Ediacaran animals of the phylum Proarticulata, which became extinct in the Precambrian. Imprints often occurring in chains, that is interpreted as a feeding trace; some chains terminate in a body fossil, allowing their maker to be identified. Several specimens are known; E. waggoneris was produced by Yorgia waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia costata, and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker. It is proposed that the Australian fossil Phyllozoon is also a feeding trace of Proarticulata.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ^ Ivantsov, A.Y.; Malakhovskaya, Y.E. (2002). "Giant Traces of Vendian Animals" (PDF). Doklady Earth Sciences. 385 (6): 618–622. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04.
  2. ^ Ivantsov, A. Y. (2011). "Feeding traces of Proarticulata — the Vendian metazoa". Paleontological Journal. 45 (3): 237–248. doi:10.1134/S0031030111030063. S2CID 128741869.
  3. ^ Andrey Yu. Ivantsov (2013). "Trace Fossils of Precambrian Metazoans "Vendobionta" and "Mollusks"". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 21 (3): 252–264. Bibcode:2013SGC....21..252I. doi:10.1134/S0869593813030039. S2CID 128638405.