Bilinichnus

Enigmatic tubular trace fossil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bilinichnus simplex is a trace fossil from the Ediacaran period which consists of two parallel ridges on sandstone bed sole which have been interpreted as trails of peristaltic locomotion of an unknown gastropod-like animal leaving these traces behind[1][2] or as pseudofossil of some kind.[1]

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Bilinichnus
Temporal range: about 555 Ma
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Ichnogenus: Bilinichnus
Fedonkin & Palij, 1979
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B. simplex
Binomial name
Bilinichnus simplex
Fedonkin & Palij, 1979
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