Genus
Zoophycos Massalongo, 1855
Taxon description
Buatois et al., 2017
Burrows with helicoidal spreiten.
Plička, 1968
Diagnosis.-In 1855, the following diagnosis of the genus was presented by A. Massalongo: "The leaves simple or branching, linear, tubular, very dense, radial, spirally winding, separated or joined together, at the base converging to a strong phylum of cylindrical or conic shape, rounded, often irregularly rising." (Massalongo, 1855, p. 46).
Selection of related publications
Vinn, O., Toom, U. 2015. The trace fossil Zoophycos from the Silurian of Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 64, 4, 284-288. DOI:10.3176/earth.2015.34
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