Name : Beeconites.
Meaning: From the Beacon Heights Mountain, Antarctica.
Grouping: Probably Arthropod, possibly Crustacean
Informal ID: Fossilized dwelling / feeding tunnel system.
Fossil size: Slab length 50cm / 20 in.
Reconstructed size: Burrow width rarely up to 20cm/8 in.
Habitat: Shallow seas and lakes.
lime span: Cambrian, 540 million years ago, to today.
Main fossil sites: Antarctica, Europe, North America.
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