PALEOETHOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOGLYPHS: FINGERPRINTS OF THE SUBTERRANEANS

A. A. EKDALE; JORDI M. DE GIBERT

doi:10.2110/palo.2009.p09-066r

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A. A. EKDALE,^1,2,* JORDI M. DE GIBERT³

¹1Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah, 115 South 1460 East, Room 383 FASB, Salt
²ca.ekdale@utah.edu
³2Departament d'Estratigrafia, Paleontologia i Geociències Marines, Universitat de Barcelona, Martí F

^**Corresponding author.

Abstract

Bioglyphs are features in burrow or boring walls produced by such animal activity as scratching, drilling, plucking, gnawing, poking, and etching. Bioglyphs are important aspects to consider when making paleoethologic interpretations of trace fossils, because they can offer direct clues to understanding the mechanism of excavation of the trace fossil, the identity of the tracemaker, the purpose of the burrow or boring, and the character of the sediment in which the trace fossil has been produced.

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A. A. EKDALE and JORDI M. DE GIBERT "PALEOETHOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF BIOGLYPHS: FINGERPRINTS OF THE SUBTERRANEANS," PALAIOS 25(8), 540-545, (1 August 2010). https://doi.org/10.2110/palo.2009.p09-066r

Accepted: 1 May 2010; Published: 1 August 2010