Bilinichnus

Bilinichnus Temporal range: about 555  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Ichnogenus:	† Bilinichnus Fedonkin & Palij, 1979
Species:	†B. simplex
Binomial name
†Bilinichnus simplex Fedonkin & Palij, 1979

Bilinichnus simplex is a trace fossil from the Ediacaran period which consists of two parallel ridges on sandstone bed sole which have been interpreted as trails of peristaltic locomotion of a unknown gastropod-like animal leaving these traces behind ^{[1] [2]} or as pseudofossil of some kind. ^[1]

See also

• List of Ediacaran genera

References

1. Chen, Zhe; Zhou, Chuanming; Meyer, Mike; Xiang, Ke; Schiffbauer, James D.; Yuan, Xunlai; Xiao, Shuhai (1 January 2013). "Trace fossil evidence for Ediacaran bilaterian animals with complex behaviors". Precambrian Research. 224: 690–701. Bibcode:2013PreR..224..690C. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.11.004.
2. "Bilinichnus simplex". fossiilid.info. Retrieved 2022-03-16.