Beaconites

This article is about the Beaconites trace fossils. For the article on the Quaker controversy, see Quakers § Beaconite controversy.

Beaconites is an ichnogenus known from the Beacon Supergroup, Antarctica, comprising a large, segmented burrow, bearing superficial resemblance to the skeleton of a snake, and probably created by a worm-like organism "shovelling" the substrate out of its way.^[1] Some terminate in elliptical pits, around 1.5 cm in diameter, presumed to represent burrowing activity.^[1] The producer of the trace is thought to have burrowed to a depth of no more than a few tens of centimeters.^[2]

Ichnospecies

• B. antarcticus - type fossil
• others

See also

• Trace fossil – Geological record of biological activity