Beaconites

"Beaconites" is an ichnogenus known from the Beacon sandstone, Antarctica, comprising a large, segmented burrow, bearing superficial resemblance to the skeleton of a snake, and probably created by a worm-like organism "shovelling" the substrate out of its way. Some terminate in elliptical pits, around 1.5cm in diameter, presumed to represent burrowing activity.cite journal
author = Gevers, T.W.
coauthors = Frakes, L.A.; Edwards, L.N.; Marzolf, J.E.
year = 1971
title = Trace Fossils in the Lower Beacon Sediments (Devonian), Darwin Mountains, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica
journal = Journal of Paleontology
volume = 45
issue = 1
pages = 81-94
url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-3360(197101)45%3A1%3C81%3ATFITLB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J
accessdate = 2008-04-21] The producer of the trace is thought to have burrowed to a depth of no more than a few tens of centimeters.cite journal
author = Woolfe, K.J.
year = 1993
title = Devonian depositional environments in the Darwin Mountains: Marine or non-marine?
journal = Antarctic Science
volume = 5
issue = 02
pages = 211-220
doi = 10.1017/S0954102093000276]

Ichnospecies

* "B. antarcticus" - type.
* others.

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