• Source: Thalassinoides

Thalassinoides is an ichnogenus of trace fossil (fossil records of lifeforms' movement, rather than of the lifeforms themselves) used to refer to "dichotomously or T-branched boxworks, mazes and shafts, unlined and unornamented".: 179  Facies of Thalassinoides increased suddenly in abundance at the beginning of the Mesozoic.: 251  Such burrows are made by a number of organisms, including the sea anemone Cerianthus, Balanoglossus and fishes, but are most closely associated with decapod crustaceans of the (former) infraorder Thalassinidea.




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Chuck D. Howell's Ichnogenera Photos

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Fosil jejak
• Ichnologi
• Thalassinoides
• Tyndall stone
• Trace fossil
• Thalassinidea
• Ichnotaxon
• Laurentia
• Ichnofacies
• Hauptrogenstein Formation
• List of prehistoric malacostracans
• Chachao Formation