Burgess Shale Type Fauna - Ichnofauna

Ichnofauna

Trace fossils are associated with many Burgess Shale-type deposits. They are often associated with the innards of soft-bodied organisms, and are particularly prevalent under the carapaces of bivalved arthropods. Burrowing organisms seem to have used the high-sulfur decay fluids as a nutrient source when farming bacteria in the microenvironment under the carapaces, indicated by their repeated uses of individual burrows.

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