The Trace Fossil Paleodictyon within The Cruziana Ichnofacies: First Record from the Devonian in Pennsylvania
Metz R. 2012. The Trace Fossil Paleodictyon within The Cruziana Ichnofacies: First Record from the Devonian in Pennsylvania. Ichnos. 19(4):190-193
Offshore marine deposits of hemipelagic dark-gray shales comprising the Middle Devonian Mahantango Formation have yielded the first evidence of the trace fossil Paleodictyon from Pennsylvania. Paleodictyon occurs in conjunction with a diversity of largely deposit-feeding trace fossils belonging to the Cruziana ichnofacies, and documents another example of a shallower-water occurrence of this ichnofossil in Paleozoic rocks.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Metz, Robert
- Units
- DEWA
- Keywords
- Mahantango Formation, Middle Devonian, Paleodictyon, Pennsylvania
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology