Skolithos Trace Fossil Pipe Rock


Skolithos trace fossil pipe rock in the Lower Cambrian Wood Canyon Formation, Death Valley National Park; vertical tubes likely created by a species of phoronid worm. Note surface of bedding plane crowded with oval to circular, natural cross-sections of the vertically oriented Skolithos tubes. Photograph courtesy Camilla Souto.

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