Cosmorhaphe is an ichnogenus representing grazing feeding behavior (pascichnia).
The Renaissance naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi discussed and described a specimen of Cosmorhaphe, which is therefore among the first fossils to be illustratedBaucon A. 2009. Ulisse Aldrovandi: the study of trace fossils during the Renaissance. Ichnos 16(4). Abstract available at http://www.tracemaker.comBaucon, A. 2008. Italy, the Cradle of Ichnology: the legacy of Aldrovandi and Leonardo. In: Avanzini M., Petti F. Italian Ichnology, Studi Trent. Sci. Nat. Acta Geol., 83. Available from http://www.tracemaker.com
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