Methods for the study of“Zoophycos”and similar fossils

Abstract

Spiral or planar radiate imprints, described as Zoophycos, Taonurus, Spirophyton, Physophycus, Cancellophycus, and Glossophycus are regarded as fossil prostomia of sedentary marine worms of the Sabellidae. Methods for the study and description of these fossils, consistent with this mode of origin, are described.