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Trilobite traces from the Lower Tremadoc of Tortworth

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

T. P. Crimes
T. P. Crimes
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Department of GeologyUniversityLiverpool, L69 3BX
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Summary

The ichnogeneric status of trilobite furrows (Cruziana) and resting excavations (Rusophycus) is discussed and the suggestion (Seilacher, 1970) that these two distinct types of trace should be united under the genus Cruziana is rejected.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 1 , January 1975 , pp. 33 - 46
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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