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TABLE 1
Morphology of Trace Fossils Found in Fluvial Successions and
Ichnogenera that can be Included in Each Category—Cont'd
Category
name/
abbreviation
Description
Included ichnogenera
J- or U-shaped
burrow, low
angle
J- or U-shaped burrow at low
angle to bedding
Katbergia, Fuersichnus,
Rhizocorallium, ephemeroptera
burrows
Burrow with
pelletal fill
Groups of pellets filling a burrow
or chamber
Edaphichnium, Castrichnus,
“pelleted burrow”
Chambers and
chambered
burrow
systems
Isolated or interconnected
chambers with burrows or
burrow systems of much smaller
size
Cellicalichnus, Dagnichnus,
Pallichnus, Fictovichnus,
Termitichnus, Krausichnus,
Vondrichnus, Fleaglellius,
Parowanichnus, Masrichnus,
Monesichnus, Uruguay,
Coprinisphaera, Eatonichnus,
Palmiraichnus, Teisseirei,
Corimbatichnus,
Ellipsoideichnus, Rebuffoichnus,
Feoichnus
Borings in
chamber walls
Borings in the constructed wall of
trace fossils
Tombownichnus, Lazaichnus
Bird tracks
(B 3-4 sl)
Bipedal trackway, anisodactyl,
either lacking a web trace,
palmate or semipalmate, tri- or
tetradactyl footprints with
slender digit imprints
Gruipeda, Avipeda,
Fuscinapeda, Sarjeantopodus,
Aquatilavipes, Ignotormis,
Barrosopus,
Phoenicopterichnum, bird
footprints assigned to Tinamidae,
Anatidae, Charadriidae, Laridae,
and Rheidae
B 3-4 tk
Bipedal, tri- to tetradactyl, long
thick digits, phalangeal pads,
claw imprints
Grallator, Saurexallopus,
Neotrisauropodus, Wildeichnus,
Sarmientichnus, Dinehichnus,
tyrannosaur footprints
B 3 st
Bipedal, tridactyl, short stout
digit impressions, claw imprints
Hadrosauropodus,
Amblydactylus, Limayichnus,
Ornithopod tracks, iguanodontid
footprint
Q 2/2
Quadrupedal, bilobed
impression, homopodial,
digitigrade
Entelodontipus,
Odocoileinichnum,
Lamaichnum,
Megalamaichnum, Pecoripeda,
Gambapes, bovid footprints
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