Zoophycos

Zoophycos
Zoophycos trace fossil from the Mississippian of northern Kentucky. Scale bar is 5.0 cm (2 inches).
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Ichnogenus: †Zoophycos
Massalongo, 1855
Zoophycos from turbidites of Farmers Member of Borden Formation at mile marker 135, I-64, Kentucky.

Zoophycos is a somewhat cosmopolitan ichnogenus thought to be produced by moving and feeding polychaete worms.[1]

  1. ^ Zhang, Li-Jun; Zhao, Zhao (2015). "Complex behavioural patterns and ethological analysis of the trace fossil Zoophycos: Evidence from the Lower Devonian of South China". Lethaia. 49 (2): 275–284. doi:10.1111/let.12146.