Helminthopsis Heer, 1877

JUNIOR SYNONYM(S): N/A

DESCRIPTION: Irregularly winding to meandering, unbranched, horizontal burrows or trails that do not touch or crosscut each other with massive fill.

BEHAVIOR(S): Fodinichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Found in shallow and deep marine deposits

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: polychaete or priapulid worms

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Ediacaran–recent

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: Emended by Wetzel and Bromley (1996). Uchman, 1995, 1998.

REMARKS: See Jensen (2003) for review of traces including Helminthopsis in the Ediacaran.