Ichnology of Mazon
Creek
Trace fossils
from the Mazon Creek area of Illinois were studied.
Specimens from the KU museum and the Field Museum in
Chicago were cataloged and photographed. For many of the
specimens, their ichnotaxonomy was reassessed. When the
catalog is completed, ichnofacies will be erected to
describe the trace fossil distribution. The
paleoenvironment of the Mazon Creek deposit will be
inferred from the ichnofacies. Research is on going.
Researchers: Lobue and Hasiotis