Paleodictyon
Translingual
editEtymology
editFirst described by Giuseppe Meneghini in 1850. From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + δίκτυον (díktuon, “fishing net”).
Proper noun
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- (taxonomy) An ichnogenus of fossils usually interpreted as a burrow, appearing in the geologic marine record from the Precambrian / Early Cambrian and in modern ocean environments.
Hyponyms
edit- (ichnogenus): Paleodictyon imperfectum, Paleodictyon minimum (ichnospecies)
References
edit- Paleodictyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia