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Title

THE ORIGIN OF DAEMONELIX

Authors

Alvin Leonard Lugn, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

10-1941

Citation

THE JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY VOLUME XLIX, No. 7, October-November 1941

Abstract

Attention is called to the controversy of some years ago over the origin of the "Devil's Corkscrews." The problem may have appeared unimportant then, but now a correct understanding of the paleoecology of Harrison time may hinge on the explanation of these strange "fossils." The characteristics of Daemonelix are briefly reviewed, they are compared to the lianas of the modern tropical jungle, and the postulated conditions of Harrison sedimentation are believed to supply an adequate explanation for the presence of fossil rodent remains in the Daemonelices. The possibility of a vegetal origin of these fossils is believed to be demonstrated.