Epibaion

Epibaion is a trace fossil imprint of the Ediacaran animals of the phylum Proarticulata, which became extinct in the Precambrian. Imprints often occurring in chains, that is interpreted as a feeding trace; some chains terminate in a body fossil, allowing their maker to be identified. Several specimens are known; "E. waggoneris" was produced by "Yorgia waggoneri"; "E. costatus" by "Dickinsonia costata", and "E. axiferus", the type species, has as yet not been found with a trace-maker. It is proposed that the Australian fossil "Phyllozoon" is also a feeding trace of Proarticulata.