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Undichna britannica

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Ichnogenus
  
†Undichna

Scientific name
  
Undichna britannica

Ichnospecies
  
†U. britannica

Similar
  
Undichna, Helminthopsis, Treptichnus pedum

Undichna britannica is a fish-fin, or fish-swimming fossil trackway left as a fossil impression on a substrate; this type of fossil is an ichnofossil, and in this case an ichnospecies.

The U. britannica fish-fin tracks, or trackways are often associated with current or wave ripple marks, probably shallow water, near-shoreline. Other deep water varieties may be less common, or associated with narrowed current flow between obstructions. The sinusoidal high points of the ripple marks may lend itself to the formation of the trackways.

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Undichna britannica Wikipedia