Abstract:

Trace fossil Zoophycus is widely distributed in shallow marine limestones of the Datang Fm of Lower Carboniferous in southern China,and the Middle Carboniferous Benxi Group and the Upper Carboniferous Taiyuan Group in northern China.Study of Zoophycus is of great importance for understanding environments of coal formation,they are often found in Carboniferous sediments of the Yangtze and Sino-Korea platforms,belonging to shallower marine environment.In this paper,4 ichnosp.of Zoophycus were described.They are Zoophycussp.1 from Lower Carboniferous,Zoophycus sp.2 and Zoophycus(palaeospira)wudaensis Yang ichnosp,nov.from Upper Carboniferous.