Bifungites

Bifungites
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	† Bifungites Desio, 1940
Type ichnospecies
Bifungites fezzanensis Desio, 1940

Bifungites is a dumbbell-shaped trace fossil predominately found in Paleozoic rocks from the Cambrian to the Mississippian, believed to be the burrows of extinct animals. A paper published in September 2024 reports the discovery of worms of genus Annulitubus in Bifungites in rocks from the Devonian Pimenteira Formation of Brazil, the first record of the creatures that created the burrows. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Sedorko, Daniel; Rindsberg, Andrew K.; Netto, Renata Guimarães; de Barros, Gabriel E. B.; McDowell, Ronald R.; Agostinho, Sônia; Fernandes, Antônio Carlos (2024-09-01). "The trace fossil Bifungites and its tracemaker: A rare find!". Earth History and Biodiversity. 1: 100002. doi: 10.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100002 . ISSN   2950-4759.
2. Runwal, Priyanka (2024-08-22). "These Fossils Are Found All Over, but What Made Them Was a Mystery". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-08-23.