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Trace fossil · Locomotion / grazing

Olivellites

A sinuous, two-lobed trace with a medial ridge.

Behavior
Locomotion / grazing
Likely maker
Gastropods.
Olivellites (gastropod grazing trace)
Olivellites (gastropod grazing trace). Michael C. Rygel via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Source

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Sources

Rygel & Quinton, Sedimentary Geology 9.6: Trace Fossils