Tektonargus

Trace fossil

Tektonargus is a trace fossil ichnotaxon genus of insect, from the Late Jurassic period.

It was discovered in a section of the Morrison Formation, located in Colorado, western North America. The name Tektonargus comes from the Greek word tēkton meaning artisan/craftsman and the Greek word argus referring to the mythological giant Argus Panoptes, who was all-seeing. It appears to have been created by a caddisfly.[1][2]

See also

  • Morrison fauna

References

  1. ^ Hasiotis, Stephen T. (2002). Continental Trace Fossils. SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology). p. 85. ISBN 978-1-56576-092-9.
  2. ^ Rasnitsyn, A. P.; Quicke, Donald L. (2006-05-05). History of Insects. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 312–313. ISBN 978-0-306-47577-1.
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