Cruziana d'Orbigny 1842

Ichnofossils

Usually considered a trilobite walking trackway, but can also be produced by crustaceans and other arthropods

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Parent taxon: Ichnofossils according to W. Hantzschel 1975

Sister taxa: Abeliella, Acanthichnus, Acanthorhaphe, Aglaspidichnus, Agrichnium, Alezichnos, Allocotichnus, Ambergrisichnus, Amphorichnus, Annelidichnium, Anobichnium, Apodidichnus, Archaeichnium, Archaeonassa, Ardelia, Arenicolites, Arthraria, Arthrophycus, Arthropodichnus, Asaphoidichnus, Asteriacitidae, Asterichnites, Asterichnus, Asterophycus, Asterosoma, Aulichnites, Balanoglossites, Baroccoichnites, Beaconichnus, Beaconites, Belorhaphe, Bergaueria, Bifasciculus, Biformitidae, Bifungites, Bifurculapes, Bifurculipes, Bostricophyton, Brancichnus, Brookvalichnus, Bunyerichnus, Calcideletrix, Calciroda, Calycraterion, Catenichnus, Caulostrepsis, Celliformidae, Chaetophorites, Chomatichnus, Chondrites, Circulichnis, Climactichnites, Cochlichnus, Conchifora, Conchotrema, Conichnus, Conispiron, Conopsoides, Conostichus, Copeza, Coprinisphaera, Coprinisphaeridae, Corophioides, Cosmorhaphe, Crininicaminus, Crossopodia, Ctenopholeus, Curvichnus, Curvolithus, Cycloichnus, Cylindrichnus, Cylindricum, Dactyloidites, Dactylophycus, Daedalus, Daimonelix, Dendrina, Dendrotichnium, Desmograpton, Dictyodora, Dictyoporus, Didymaulichnus, Dimorphichnus, Diplichnites, Diplocraterion, Diplopodichnus, Diplopodomorpha, Dolopichnus, Echinospira, Entobiaidae, Equihenia, Eugyrichnites, Fascifodina, Fascisichnium, Fraena, Fucusopsis, Fuersichnus, Furculosus, Fustiglyphus, Gastrochaenolites, Gastrochaenolitidae, Glockeria, Gluckstadtella, Goniadichnites, Gordia, Granularia, Graysonia, Gyrichnites, Gyrochorte, Gyrolithes, Gyrophyllites, Haentzschelinia, Halimedides, Halopoa, Hamipes, Haplotichnus, Harpepus, Heimdallia, Helicodromites, Helicolithus, Helicorhaphe, Heliochone, Helminthoida, Helminthopsis, Hexapodichnus, Histioderma, Hormosiroidea, Hydrancylus, Ichnocumulus, Ichnospongia, Ichnyspica, Ichnyspicam, Ichthyoidichnites, Imbrichnus, Imponoglyphus, Incisifex, Iramena, Irredictyon, Isopodichnus, Ixalichnus, Keckia, Kingella, Kouphichnium, Kulindrichnus, Laevicyclus, Laminites, Lanicoidichna, Lapispecus, Lapispira, Lennea, Lenticraterion, Lingulichnus, Lithographus, Lobichnus, Lockeia, Lophoctenium, Lorenzinia, Macanopsis, Maeandropolydora, Mammillichnis, Margaritichnus, Megagrapton, Merostomichnites, Mesichnium, Mesonereis, Micatuba, Minichnium, Mixoteichichnus, Monocraterion, Monomorphichnus, Mycelites, Myriapodites, Myzostomites, Neonereites, Neoskolithos, Nereites, Nygmites, Octopodichnus, Oldhamia, Oniscoidichnus, Ophiomorpha, Ormathichnus, Osprioneides, Osteichnidae, Ostreoblabe, Palaeachlya, Palaeohelminthoida, Palaeopede, Palaeoperone, Palaeophycus, Paleobuprestis, Paleodictyon, Paleohelcura, Paleoipidus, Paleomeandron, Paleoscolytus, Palmichnium, Palmiraichnus, Parahaentzscheliana, Paratisoa, Pennatulites, Pentichnus, Permichnium, Petalichnus, Phagophytichnus, Phoebichnus, Pholeus, Phycodes, Phycosiphon, Phyllodocites, Pilichnia, Plagiogmus, Plangtichnus, Planolites, Podichnus, Polychoredrites, Polyisthmus, Polykampton, Protichnites, Protopaleodictyon, Protovirgularia, Psammichnites, Pseudobilobites, Pseudopolydorites, Pterichnus, Pteridichnites, Ptilotites, Quebecichnus, Radiichnus, Radionereites, Radomorpha, Ramosulichnus, Repentella, Rhabdoglyphus, Rhizocorallium, Rodocanalis, Rogerella, Rosselia, Rusophycus, Sabellarifex, Sabellarites, Saerichnites, Sagittarius, Sagittichnus, Saportia, Scalarituba, Scolecolithus, Scolicia, Scoyenia, Seminolithes, Siphonites, Skolithos, Solemyatuba, Specus, Spirodesmos, Spirographites, Spirophycus, Spirophyton, Spirorhaphe, Steigerwaldichnium, Steinichnus, Stellascolites, Stelloglyphus, Stichus, Stipsellus, Striatichnium, Strobilorhaphe, Subglockeria, Sublorenzinia, Sustergichnus, Syringomorpha, Taenidium, Talpina, Tambia, Taphrhelminthopsis, Tarrichnium, Tasmanadia, Tasselia, Teichichnus, Teratichnus, Teredolites, Tetraichnites, Thalamophaga, Thalassinoides, Tigillites, Tisoa, Topsentopsis, Torrowangea, Trachomatichnus, Treptichnus, Triavestigia, Trichichnus, Trichophycus, Trisulcus, Trypanites, Tuapseichnium, Tylichnus, Uchirites, Umfolozia, Unarites, Urohelminthoida, Vermiforichnus, Vermites, Volkichnium, Walpia, Yakutatia, Zoophycos

Subtaxa: Cruziana acadica Cruziana barriosi Cruziana billingsi Cruziana breadstoni Cruziana furcifera Cruziana goldfussi Cruziana linnarrsoni Cruziana problematica Cruziana rugosa Cruziana rustica Cruziana seilacheri Cruziana semiplicata Cruziana stromnessi Cruziana tortworthi

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Type: Cruziana acadica

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

• Triassic of Canada (1: British Columbia), Poland (1)

• Carboniferous of Australia (1)

• Devonian of Brazil (2)

• Silurian of Libya (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Arenig of Australia (1), Canada (4: Newfoundland), China (1)

• Tremadoc of Canada (4: Newfoundland)

• Cambrian of India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (2), Poland (2), Spain (1), Sweden (3), United States (4: California, Tennessee, Utah)

Total: 33 collections including 40 occurrences

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