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Other classifications have been proposed,<ref>Seilacher, A (1964) Sedimentological classification and nomenclature of trace fossils. Sedimentology 3: 253-256.</ref><ref>Chamberlain, CK (1971) Morphology and ethology of trace fossils from the Ouachita Mountains, southeast Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology, 45: 212-246.</ref><ref>Simpson, S (1957) On the trace fossil ''Chondrites''. Quarterly Journal, Geological Society of London 112: 475-99.</ref> but none stray far from the above.

==History==

Early paleontologists originally classified many burrow fossils as the remains of marine algae, as is apparent in ichnogenera named with the *-phycus* suffix. [[Alfred Gabriel Nathorst]] and J. F. James both controversially challenged this incorrect classification, suggesting the reinterpretation of many "algae" as marine invertebrate trace fossils.<ref name="TreatiseSupp1">{{cite isbn|978-0813730271}}</ref>

==See also==