Oblique bedding plane view of large Diplichnites from the Joggins Formation (Pennsylvanian), Cumberland Basin, Nova Scotia. This trackway was made by the myriapod Arthropleura.
Trace fossil classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Ichnogenus:
†Diplichnites d'Orbigny, 1842
The trackways Diplichnites from the Elk Mound Group (Cambrian), Blackberry Hill, central Wisconsin. These may have been made by the euthycarcinoid, Mosineia macnaughtoni, which is also found at Blackberry Hill.
Diplichnites are arthropod trackways with two parallel rows of blunt to elongate, closely spaced tracks oriented approximately perpendicularly to the mid-line of the trackway.[1] The term is more often used for the ichnofossils of this description; however, similar trackways from recent arthropods are sometimes given this name as well.[2]
base, and evidence of 3 cm deep trackway fossils (namely the ichnotaxon Diplichnites cuithensis) altogether suggests that they had a sturdy exoskeleton and...
of trace fossils associated with trilobites: Rusophycus, Cruziana and Diplichnites—such trace fossils represent the preserved life activity of trilobites...
only in the presence or absence of a medial furrow, Protichnites and Diplichnites trackways could both be produced by the same individual animal. In cases...
the bottom layer would result in the furrow-less Diplichnites. It is possible that some Diplichnites were produced by trilobites or unknown arthropods...
Coleoptera), Ostracodans, Conchostracans and arthropod ichnofossils (Diplichnites, Planolites, Scoyenia) are know from other coeval localities, like Gair...
well as fossilized trackways of anthropods (including protichnites and diplichnites), and stromatolites including elephant skin, sand-chips, and domal sand...
burrowing within a layer of mud as historically believed. The ichnogenus Diplichnites may be produced where the trackmaker sped up.[citation needed] Several...
major indicators of water bodies locally along Scoyenia burrows DiplichnitesDiplichnites isp. Mount Carson Shafer Peak Lower Hanson Formation Trace fossils...
continent. Five invertebrate traces including a new ichnospecies of Diplichnites (Diplichnites rawi), were described from the latest Carboniferous of Shropshire...
Several types of arthropod trace fossils are found including trackways of Diplichnites and Diplopodichnus (possibly millipedes), Rusophycus (possibly trilobites)...
such as Diplocraterion and Skolithos and horizontal trackways, such as Diplichnites, Protichnites, and Climactichnites. In 1903, a 20-ton (18-tonne) slab...
Ichnogenera Substrate Inferred Paleoenvironment Scoyenia Skolithos, Cruziana, Diplichnites, Rusophycus Variable - typically sandstones; red beds may be nearby Diagnostic...
found the trackway distinct enough to be assigned to its own species: Diplichnites aenigma. Dawson would devote much of his career to studying the Joggins...
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