Feature--Devon's desert 'worms'

摘要

Worm-like trace fossils, sometimes of large size, have regularly been reported from the otherwise generally poorly-fossiliferous Permo-Triassic continental red beds of the East Devon coast, southwest England. Selected examples are discussed here to outline the difficulties involved in elucidating the true producers of these burrows and interpreting their significance in the local palaeoenvironment.