Trace fossil · Feeding (burrow)
Treptichnus pedum
A shallow burrow made just below the sediment surface: a series of connected horizontal segments, each opening upward.
- Behavior
- Feeding (burrow)
- Likely maker
- Unknown; worms, crustaceans or insect larvae have been suggested, and some Ediacaran–Cambrian burrows resemble those of modern priapulids.
- Age range
- Its first appearance defines the base of the Cambrian (the Ediacaran–Cambrian boundary, about 539 million years ago). The genus ranges from the Ediacaran (about 550 Ma) to the Oligocene.
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