Gnathichnus
Trace fossil
Gnathichnus | |
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Gnathichnus pentax echinoid trace fossil on an oyster from the Cenomanian of Hamakhtesh Hagadol, southern Israel. | |
Trace fossil classification | |
Ichnofamily: | †Gnathichnidae |
Ichnogenus: | †Gnathichnus Bromley, 1975 |
Type ichnospecies | |
Gnathichnus pentax Bromley, 1975 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Gnathichnus is a trace fossil on a hard substrate (typically a shell, rock or hardground made of calcium carbonate) formed by regular echinoids as they scraped the surface with their five-toothed Aristotle's Lantern feeding structures.[2]
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