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Cruziana is a trace fossil consisting of elongate, bilobed, approximately bilaterally symmetrical burrows, usually preserved along bedding planes. It is found in marine and freshwater sediments.
Rusophycus is a trace fossil ichnogenus allied to Cruziana. Rusophycus is the resting trace, recording the outline of the tracemaker; Cruziana is made when the organism moved. The sculpture of Rusophycus may reveal the approximate number of legs that the tracemaker had, although striations (scratchmarks) from a single leg may overlap or be repeated. Both Rusophycus and Cruziana are typically associated with trilobites but can also be made by other arthropods.