Biology:Lithographus
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Short description: Ichnogenus of trace fossil
| Lithographus | |
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Trace fossil classification|Trace fossil classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Subclass: | Pterygota |
| Ichnogenus: | Lithographus Hitchcock 1858 |
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Lithographus (‘rock writing’[2]) is a Carboniferous[3] to Cretaceous[1] trace fossil that has been found in North America, South America, Europe, and east Asia.[1]
The ichnogenus is characterized by alternating groups of three tracks arranged in an arrow shape. These are interpreted as tracks of cockroaches, beetles, or similar insects.[2][1] The tracks are likely produced on relatively dry surfaces where the insect's legs do not drag; on wetter sediments, a more continuous trackway is created that is sometimes assigned to Grammepus.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Minter, Nicholas J.; Lockley, Martin G.; Huh, Min; Hwang, Koo-Geun; Kim, Jeong Yul (January 2012). "Lithographus , an Abundant Arthropod Trackway from the Cretaceous Haenam Tracksite of Korea". Ichnos 19 (1-2): 115–120. doi:10.1080/10420940.2011.625756.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lucas, Spencer G. (2011). Traces of a Permian seacoast : Prehistoric Trackways National Monument. Albuquerque, N.M.: New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. p. 22. ISBN 9780615471709.
- ↑ Keighley, D.; Pickerill, R. (1998). "Systematic ichnology of the Mabou and Cumberland groups (Carboniferous) of western Cape Breton Island, eastern Canada, 2: surface markings". Atlantic Geology 34 (2): 83–112. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ageo/1998-v34-n2-ageo_34_2/ageo34_2art01/. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ↑ Getty, Patrick; Ward, Matthew; Simon, Jack (2021). "Grammepus Hitchcock, 1858: A sedimentary variant of the fossil insect trackway Lithographus". Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae. doi:10.14241/asgp.2021.09.
Wikidata ☰ Q111781394 entry
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