A large arthropod trackway from the Gaspé Sandstone Group (Middle Devonian) of eastern Canada
A large arthropod trackway from the Cap-aux-Os Member of the Battery Point Formation (Gaspé Sandstone Group, Middle Devonian), from the Baie de Gaspé, eastern Canada, is described and assigned to the ichnotaxon Palmichnium (= Paleohelcura) antarcticum (Gevers et al., 1971). A large stylonurid eurypt...
| Published in: | Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1998
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e98-057 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e98-057 |
| Summary: | A large arthropod trackway from the Cap-aux-Os Member of the Battery Point Formation (Gaspé Sandstone Group, Middle Devonian), from the Baie de Gaspé, eastern Canada, is described and assigned to the ichnotaxon Palmichnium (= Paleohelcura) antarcticum (Gevers et al., 1971). A large stylonurid eurypterid or scorpion is considered the most likely producer. A shallow-water marginal fluvial environment is inferred as the setting, the animal making a transition from walking to swimming along the course of the trackway. |
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