Permo-Carboniferous fresh water burrows

Title Variants

Alternative: Paleozoic burrows

Related Titles

Series: Fieldiana, Geology, v. 33, no. 15

Series: Publication (Field Museum of Natural History), 1219

By

Olson, Everett Claire, 1910-1993

Bolles, Kathryn. , joint author

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1975

Notes

Caption title.

"November 27, 1973."

"This volume is dedicated to Dr. Rainer Zangerl."

Burrow-casts from fresh-water deposits of the Late Paleozoic have given concrete evidence of the aestivation of the lungfish, Gnathorhiza, and the amphibian, Lysorophus. The structure of these burrows and inference concerning the life habits of their occupants are analyzed, with special attention to Lysorophus. A previously unknown type of burrow, found in association with those of lung fish is described. It is a large, complex structure, ovoid in cross-section and oriented vertically in the surrounding sediments. By elimination it seems most probable that it was formed by some type of large crustacean, but the precise origin remains uncertain.

Fieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-).

Subjects

Amphibians, Fossil , Burrowing animals, Fossil , Carboniferous , Lung-fishes, Fossil , Paleontology , Permian , Sedimentary structures , United States

Call Number

QE1 .F4 vol. 33, no. 15

Classification

567/.4, 550/.8 s

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.5232
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/75025182
OCLC: 2118563
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51517417