Epibaion Explained

Epibaion is a trace fossil imprint of the Ediacaran animals of the phylum Proarticulata, which became extinct in the Precambrian. Imprints often occurring in chains, that is interpreted as a feeding trace; some chains terminate in a body fossil, allowing their maker to be identified. Several specimens are known; E. waggoneris was produced by Yorgia waggoneri; E. costatus by Dickinsonia costata, and E. axiferus, the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker. It is proposed that the Australian fossil Phyllozoon is also a feeding trace of Proarticulata.^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• List of Ediacaran genera

Notes and References

1. Ivantsov, A.Y. . Malakhovskaya, Y.E. . 2002 . Giant Traces of Vendian Animals . Doklady Earth Sciences . 385 . 6 . 618–622 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704183947/http://vend.paleo.ru/pub/Ivantsov_et_Malakhovskaya_2002-e.pdf . 2007-07-04.
2. Ivantsov . A. Y. . Feeding traces of Proarticulata — the Vendian metazoa . 10.1134/S0031030111030063 . Paleontological Journal . 45 . 3 . 237–248 . 2011 . 128741869 .
3. Andrey Yu. Ivantsov. 2013. Trace Fossils of Precambrian Metazoans "Vendobionta" and "Mollusks". Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation. 21. 3. 252–264. 10.1134/S0869593813030039. 2013SGC....21..252I. 128638405.