Scratch Traces of Large Ediacara Bilaterian Animals

• Published in: Journal of paleontology Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 284 - 298
• Main Authors: Gehling, James G, Runnegar, Bruce N, Droser, Mary L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA The Paleontological Society 01.03.2014; Cambridge University Press; Paleontological Society
• Subjects: Algae; Animals; Arctic Ocean; Arthropoda; Australasia; Australia; Barents Sea; Bilateria; Biota; Cambrian; Commonwealth of Independent States; Ediacara; Ediacaran; Excavation; feeding; Flinders Ranges; Fossils; ichnofossils; Invertebrata; invertebrate; Kimberella quadrata; Kimberichnus teruzzii; Lava; Marine; Mollusca; Mollusks; morphology; National parks; Neoproterozoic; Ocean floor; Organisms; paleoecology; Paleontology; Precambrian; Proterozoic; Rawnsley Quartzite; Russian Federation; Shellfish; South Australia; Stratigraphy; taxonomy; Trace fossils; upper Precambrian; White Sea; Australia; Namibia; South Australia Australia; Russia; ISW, Australia, South Australia; INW, Russia; PNE, White Sea

Ediacara fan-shaped sets of paired scratches Kimberichnus teruzzii from the Ediacara Member of the Rawnsley Quartzite, South Australia, and the White Sea region of Russia, represent the earliest known evidence in the fossil record of feeding traces associated with the responsible bilaterian organism...