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Fossil fish nests from the Koobi Fora Formation (Plio-Pleistocene) of northern Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

Craig S. Feibel
Craig S. Feibel*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112
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Abstract

Piscichnus brownii n. gen. and sp. is described from the Plio-Pleistocene Koobi Fora Formation of northern Kenya. The trace fossil is an unornamented, shallow, dish-shaped structure preserved in concave epirelief on sandstones. This structure is interpreted to result from the nest-excavating activities of fish.

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Research Article
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 61 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 130 - 134
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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