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Compaginatichnus: a new ichnogenus from Ordovician flysch of eastern Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2016

Ron K. Pickerill
Ron K. Pickerill*
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Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B. E3B 5A3, Canada
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Abstract

Upper Ordovician flysch of the Matapédia Group of New Brunswick, eastern Canada, contains many examples of burrows that possess an upper meniscate portion and a fecal pellet-packed lower portion. A new ichnogenus, Compaginatichnus, is proposed for these burrows and its type ichnospecies, C. forbesi, is described in detail.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 63 , Issue 6 , November 1989 , pp. 913 - 919
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