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Spirophyton

Spirophyton is the name of an ichnogenus or trace fossil that several authors consider to be a subjective synonym of Zoophycos.

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Spirophyton is the name of an ichnogenus or trace fossil that several (but not all) authors consider to be a subjective synonym of Zoophycos.¹²

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Miller, Molly F. (1991). "Morphology and Paleoenvironmental Distribution of Paleozoic Spirophyton and Zoophycos: Implications for the Zoophycos Ichnofacies". PALAIOS. 6 (4): 410–425. Bibcode:1991Palai...6..410M. doi:10.2307/3514966. ISSN 0883-1351. JSTOR 3514966.
Harris, Christopher; Gess, Robert W. (30 September 2022). "Insights from a Monospecific Lingulid Brachiopod Bed in the Late Devonian of South Africa". PALAIOS. 37 (9): 471–485. Bibcode:2022Palai..37..471H. doi:10.2110/palo.2021.046. S2CID 252329996.