Paleodictyon

Translingual

Paleodictyon imperfectum

Etymology

First described by Giuseppe Meneghini in 1850. From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + δίκτυον (díktuon, “fishing net”).

Proper noun

Paleodictyon m

1. (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)

References

• Paleodictyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia