PETROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF TRACE FOSSIL <em>DESMOGRAPTON</em> FUCHS, 1895 FROM THE MIOCENE OF NORTHERN APENNINES (ITALY): A METHODOLOGY TO DETECT HYPICHNIAL FEATURES AND IMPLICATIONS ON THE GRAPHOGLYPTID ETHOLOGY

The trace fossil Desmograpton Fuchs, 1895, as many other graphoglyptids, has been considered to be a typical pre-turbidite, three-dimensional burrow system formed in mud and preserved as a casting at the sole of turbidites. This classic interpretation was mostly based on hypichnial preservation, due...

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Main Authors: ALESSIO CHECCONI, PAOLO MONACO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Milano University Press 2013-03-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia
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Online Access:https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/RIPS/article/view/6023