{"id":2058,"date":"2022-03-16T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/?p=2058"},"modified":"2022-03-16T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:36:46","slug":"a-trace-fossil-in-warren-lane-quarry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/a-trace-fossil-in-warren-lane-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trace Fossil in Warren Lane Quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019 the surface impressions of worm burrows were found preserved on a bedding plane in the Eachway Lane Quarry.\u00a0 Until now, these trace fossils were the only evidence of life to have been identified in the Lickey Quartzite Formation.\u00a0 However, during recent geo-conservation work in Warren Lane Quarry, another trace fossil, that appears to be a feeding trail, was located on a bedding plane.<a href=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2059\" src=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Eachway-Diplocraterion-1-Low-Res-1.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Above: Worm burrows in Eachway Lane Quarry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2060\" src=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-1536x955.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/Feeding-Trail-Low-Res-2048x1273.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>Above: Feeding Trail in Warren Lane Quarry.\u00a0 The double-ridge structure of the trace resembles &#8216;cruziana&#8217; &#8211; the trail left by a browsing trilobite.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2019 the surface impressions of worm burrows were found preserved on a bedding plane in the Eachway Lane Quarry.\u00a0 Until now, these trace fossils were the only evidence of life to have been identified in the Lickey Quartzite Formation.\u00a0 <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/a-trace-fossil-in-warren-lane-quarry\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2058"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2061,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2058\/revisions\/2061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ehtchampions.org.uk\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}