Trace fossil · Grazing

Nereites

A meandering trace with a central furrow flanked by lobes.

Behavior: Grazing
Setting: Deep water; name-bearer of the Nereites ichnofacies (bathyal to abyssal, slow deposition, sometimes turbidites).

**Nereites irregularis.** Richdebtomdom via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

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Sources

Rygel & Quinton, Sedimentary Geology 9.6: Trace Fossils · KU Ichnology: Ichnofacies models