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<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:contributor>David E. Schindel</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Ellis L. Yochelson</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>1978</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;The original interpretation of &lt;i&gt;Olivellites plummeri&lt;/i&gt; Fenton and Fenton as the trace of an infaunal gastropod, is reconsidered and rejected. The original slab bearing several examples of &lt;i&gt;O. plummeri&lt;/i&gt; has been reexamined and reillustrated. The slab came from the type-locality of &lt;i&gt;O. plummeri&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;in Eastland County, Tex., and is a shallow sub tidal sandstone of the Graham Formation; the sandstone, which has yielded additional specimens, is presumably a reworked delta-front deposit. &lt;i&gt;Olivellites&lt;/i&gt; was also observed in the Caddo Creek Formation in Stephens County, Tex., but, to date, it has not been found elsewhere in north-central Texas. Interpretation of Paleozoic ichnofossils by analogy with modern traces is limited; behavioral characteristics may be the products of post-Paleozoic innovation. The internal morphology and path of &lt;i&gt;Olivellites&lt;/i&gt; are unlike those of any modern gastropod trail, and the genus is removed from the Mollusca.&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>U.S. Geological Survey</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>A reexamination of the Pennsylvanian trace fossil &lt;i&gt;Olivellites&lt;/i&gt;</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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