Heimdallia

Heimdallia; Temporal range: 478.6-466.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Trace fossil classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	incertae sedis
Ichnogenus:	† Heimdallia ; Bradshaw, 1981
Ichnospecies
	†Heimdallia chatwiniBradshaw 1981;

Last updated November 04, 2025

Heimdallia is an ichnogenus comprising a strange planar trace that does not have a circular cross-section; its maker may have been fed upon by Beaconella .^[2]

The trace was probably made by a small crustacean.^[3]

References

1 2 Bradshaw, Margaret A. (1981). "Paleoenvironmental interpretations and systematics of Devonian trace fossils from the Taylor Group (lower Beacon Supergroup), Antarctica". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 24 (5–6): 615–652. Bibcode:1981NZJGG..24..615B. doi: 10.1080/00288306.1981.10421537 . ISSN 1175-8791. OCLC 4814476427.
↑ McNamara, K.J.; Trewin, N.H. (1993). "A euthycarcinoid arthropod from the Silurian of Western Australia" . Palaeontology. 36: 319–335.
↑ Bradshaw, M.A.; Harmsen, F.J. (2007). The paleoenvironmental significance of trace fossils in Devonian sediments (Taylor Group), Darwin Mountains to the Dry Valleys, southern Victoria Land (PDF). 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. Vol. 1047. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

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[Bradshaw81-1] 1 2 Bradshaw, Margaret A. (1981). "Paleoenvironmental interpretations and systematics of Devonian trace fossils from the Taylor Group (lower Beacon Supergroup), Antarctica". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 24 (5–6): 615–652. Bibcode:1981NZJGG..24..615B. doi: 10.1080/00288306.1981.10421537 . ISSN 1175-8791. OCLC 4814476427.

[McNamara1993-2] McNamara, K.J.; Trewin, N.H. (1993). "A euthycarcinoid arthropod from the Silurian of Western Australia" . Palaeontology. 36: 319–335.

[Bradshaw2007-3] Bradshaw, M.A.; Harmsen, F.J. (2007). The paleoenvironmental significance of trace fossils in Devonian sediments (Taylor Group), Darwin Mountains to the Dry Valleys, southern Victoria Land (PDF). 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences. Vol. 1047. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2008-04-22.

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