Paleodictyon isp.


Description: Paleodictyon is a polygonal trail oriented parallel to bedding on bedding plane surfaces. The geometry of Paleodictyon is normally a hexagonal network, forming a "honeycomb" pattern. Paleodictyon is interpreted as a "farming" trace, where the tracemaking animal made a systematic mucuous-lined trail that it later grazed after some microbial colonies grew on the organics-rich trail.

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Collector: A. A. Ekdale
Photographer: A. J. Martin

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