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Daemonelix burrow from the Miocene of Nebraska, USA (reproduction, public display, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA).

Daemonelix burrows are commonly called “Devil’s corkscrews”. These distinctive, large, spiral burrows were made by an ancient species of terrestrial beaver. The spiraled portion of these trace fossils is usually about 1.5 to 2 meters tall. The base of the spiraled portion merges with a subhorizontal tube. The burrows are filled with siliciclastic sediments that are better cemented compared with surrounding materials.

Stratigraphy: paleosol in the Harrison Formation, upper Middle Miocene

Locality: Sioux County, northwestern Nebraska, USA


Trace fossils are any indirect evidence of ancient life. They refer to features in rocks that do not represent parts of the body of a once-living organism. Traces include footprints, tracks, trails, burrows, borings, and bitemarks. Body fossils provide information about the morphology of ancient organisms, while trace fossils provide information about the behavior of ancient life forms. Interpreting trace fossils and determination of the identity of a trace maker can be straightforward (for example, a dinosaur footprint represents walking behavior) or not. Sediments that have trace fossils are said to be bioturbated. Burrowed textures in sedimentary rocks are referred to as bioturbation. Trace fossils have scientific names assigned to them, in the same style & manner as living organisms or body fossils.
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Author James St. John

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