Diplichnites
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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. The term is more often u
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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.
Blackberry Hill
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Blackberry Hill is a Konservat-Lagerstätte of Cambrian age located within the Elk Mound Group in Marathon County, Wisconsin. It is found in a series of quarries and outcrops that are notable for their
Diplichnites
…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…
Tidal flat at Blackberry Hill, showing its animals and their traces.
Ripple marks are exceptionally distinct on the surfaces of many layers at Blackberry Hill.
Sand stromatolites, such as these encrusting a ripple marked surface, are common sedimentary structures associated with microbial activity.
The euthycarcinoid, Mosineia macnaughtoni---the presumed maker of some of the Protichnites at Blackberry Hill.