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Paleodictyon
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Translingual
right|thumb|Paleodictyon imperfectum
Etymology
First described by Giuseppe Meneghini in 1850.
From mul grc παλαιός old + grc δίκτυον fishing net.
Proper noun
1 m
mul taxonomy An ichnogenus of fossils usually interpreted as a burrow, appearing in the geologic marine record from the Precambrian / Early Cambrian and in modern ocean environments.
Hyponyms
ichnogenus Paleodictyon imperfectum, Paleodictyon minimum ichnospecies
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