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The trace fossil Dactyloidites ottoi (Geinitz, 1849) from the Neogene August Town Formation of south-central Jamaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Ron K. Pickerill ,
Stephen K. Donovan  and
Harold L. Dixon
Ron K. Pickerill
Affiliation:
1Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5A3, Canada
Stephen K. Donovan
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
Harold L. Dixon
Affiliation:
2Department of Geology, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Rosette-shaped problematica are relatively common structures in the Phanerozoic rock record. Historically, they have been accorded a variety of names and documented from various shallow to deep marine environments. Unfortunately, the detailed interpretation of many such structures as biogenic (trace fossils, medusoids, or other body fossils; see, for example, Häntzschel, 1970, 1975) or nonbiogenic (for example, Pickerill and Harris, 1979) in origin still remains to be resolved. However, a detailed analysis of one such structure by Fürsich and Bromley (1985), namely Dactyloidites Hall, 1886, convincingly demonstrated its biogenic origin. The distinctive morphology of Dactyloidites and its synonyms was interpreted by Fürsich and Bromley (1985) to result from successive probings of an essentially stationary deposit-feeding, worm-like organism, possibly possessing a proboscis, to produce a rosetted, vertical spreiten with a centrally located, vertical or subvertical shaft.

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Paleontological Notes
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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 67 , Issue 6 , November 1993 , pp. 1070 - 1074
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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