Scoyenia isp.


Description: Scoyenia is a horizontal to vertically oriented, simple, straight to slightly curved burrow with a "rope-like" architecture; individual burrows comonly cross one another. Scoyenia is interpreted as a feeding burrow made by an arthropod (possibly a larval beetle) and is typically associated with nonmarine environments, originally formed in moist soils.

Age: Permian
Formation: Helgito
Location: Utah, USA
Collector: S. Hasiotis
Photographer: A. J. Martin

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