Heimdallia Explained

Heimdallia is an ichnogenus comprising a strange planar trace that does not have a circular cross-section; its maker may have been fed upon by Beaconella.[1]

The trace was probably made by a small crustacean.[2]

Notes and References

  1. McNamara, K.J. . Trewin, N.H. . 1993 . A euthycarcinoid arthropod from the Silurian of Western Australia . Palaeontology . 36 . 319–335 . registration.
  2. Bradshaw, M.A. . Harmsen, F.J. . 2007 . The paleoenvironmental significance of trace fossils in Devonian sediments (Taylor Group), Darwin Mountains to the Dry Valleys, southern Victoria Land . 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences . 1047 . 2008-04-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110605001407/http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea133.pdf . 2011-06-05 . live .

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