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==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 book|isbn=9780813730271|title= Miscellanea: Supplement 1, Trace Fossils and Problematica | last1= Häntzschel | first1= Walter | editor1-last = Moore | editor1-first= Raymond C. | year= {{{year| 1975 }}} | publisher= Geological Society of America | series= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology}}</ref>
 
==See also==