Diplocraterion

Diplocraterion is an ichnogenus describing vertical U-shaped burrows having a spreite (weblike construction) between the two limbs of the U.^[1] The spreite of fainter U-shaped traces appears above and below the final tunnel, made as the organism moved up and down through the sediment.^[2]

References[]

^ Fursich, F.T. (1974). "On Diplocraterion Torell 1870 and the significance of morphological features in vertical, spreiten-bearing, U-shaped trace fossils". Journal of Paleontology 48 (5): 952–962. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360(197409)48%3A5%3C952%3AODT1AT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.
^ Cornish, F.G. (1986). "The Trace-Fossil Diplocraterion: Evidence of Animal-Sediment Interactions in Cambrian Tidal Deposits". Palaios 1 (5): 478–491. doi:10.2307/3514630. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0883-1351(198610)1%3A5%3C478%3ATTDEOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.

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[Fursich1974-1] Fursich, F.T. (1974). "On Diplocraterion Torell 1870 and the significance of morphological features in vertical, spreiten-bearing, U-shaped trace fossils". Journal of Paleontology 48 (5): 952–962. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360(197409)48%3A5%3C952%3AODT1AT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.

[Cornish1986-2] Cornish, F.G. (1986). "The Trace-Fossil Diplocraterion: Evidence of Animal-Sediment Interactions in Cambrian Tidal Deposits". Palaios 1 (5): 478–491. doi:10.2307/3514630. http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0883-1351(198610)1%3A5%3C478%3ATTDEOA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-2. Retrieved on 2008-06-28.

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