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Monomorphichnus

Monomorphichnus is an arthropod trace fossil known from the base of the Cambrian period onwards, before the first trilobite fossils.

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Jul 10, 2026
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Length
112 w
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Source
Monomorphichnus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Ichnogenus: Monomorphichnus
Crimes 19701

Monomorphichnus is an arthropod trace fossil known from the base of the Cambrian period onwards, before the first trilobite fossils.2

References

References

  1. D. Fillion and R. K. Pickerill. 1990. Ichnology of the Upper Cambrian? to Lower Ordovician Bell Island and Wabana groups of eastern Newfoundland, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana 7:1-119
  2. Jensen, Sören; Mens, Kaisa (2001). "Trace fossils Didymaulichnus cf. tirasensis and Monomorphichnus isp. from the Estonian Lower Cambrian, with a discussion on the Early Cambrian ichnocoenoses of Baltica" (PDF). Proc. Estonian Acad. Sci. Geol. 50 (2): 75–85. doi:10.3176/geol.2001.2.01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2009-05-11.