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