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'''Fugichnia''' is an [[trace fossil classification|ethological class]] of [[trace fossil]] characterized as "[[escape burrows]]" that are formed as a result of organisms' attempts to escape burial in sudden high-sedimentation events like turbidity currents. The burrows are often marked with chevron patterns showing the upward direction the organisms were tunneling. |
'''Fugichnia''' is an [[trace fossil classification|ethological class]] of [[trace fossil]] characterized as "[[escape burrows]]" that are formed as a result of organisms' attempts to escape burial in sudden high-sedimentation events like turbidity currents.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/177509121 |title=A dictionary of earth sciences |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-921194-4 |editor-last=Allaby |editor-first=Michael |edition=3rd |series=Oxford paperback reference |location=Oxford ; New York |oclc=177509121}}</ref> The burrows are often marked with chevron patterns showing the upward direction the organisms were tunneling. |
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[[Image:CretaceousLockeia121911.jpg|thumb|''Lockeia'' from the [[Dakota Formation]] (Upper Cretaceous). These are bivalve escape burrows (fugichnia).]] |
[[Image:CretaceousLockeia121911.jpg|thumb|''Lockeia'' from the [[Dakota Formation]] (Upper Cretaceous). These are bivalve escape burrows (fugichnia).]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 6 June 2024
Fugichnia is an ethological class of trace fossil characterized as "escape burrows" that are formed as a result of organisms' attempts to escape burial in sudden high-sedimentation events like turbidity currents.[1] The burrows are often marked with chevron patterns showing the upward direction the organisms were tunneling.
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[edit]- ^ Allaby, Michael, ed. (2008). A dictionary of earth sciences. Oxford paperback reference (3rd ed.). Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-921194-4. OCLC 177509121.
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