Spirophyton
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Spirophyton is the former name of an ichnogenus or trace fossil
belonging to the Zoophycos
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Trace fossil
Trace fossils, also called ichnofossils , are geological records of biological activity. Trace fossils may be impressions made on the substrate by an organism: for example, burrows, borings , urolites , footprints and feeding marks, and root cavities...
belonging to the Zoophycos
Zoophycos
Zoophycos is an ichnogenus thought to be produced by feeding worms.-Occurrence:Zoophycos is found in deep marine muds and sands, often between turbidite beds. It is known from both the fossil record and deep sea sediment cores....
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