Climactichnites
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Climactichnites is an enigmatic, Cambrian fossil formed on or within sandy tidal flats around 510 million years ago. It has been interpreted in many different ways in the past, but is now thought to be a trace fossil of a slug-like organism that moved by crawling to on-shore surfaces, or near-shore, or burrowing into the sediment.
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The trails Climactichnites wilsoni were produced across the surface of the sediment, Cambrian, Blackberry Hill, Wisconsin. | |
The burrows Climactichnites youngi were produced within the sediment, Cambrian, Blackberry Hill, Wisconsin. | |
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Ichnogenus: | †Climactichnites Logan, 1860 |
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