Thalassinoides isp.


Description: Thalassinoides is a branching burrow (Y- or T-shaped branches) with either horizontal, oblique, or vertical box-like networks and enlargements at junctions between some branches. Unlike Ophiomorpha, Thalassinoides has smooth walls. Thalassinoides is interpreted as a combined feeding and dwelling burrow, but has been observed as a boring in some cases. The probable tracemaker was an arthropod.

Age: Ordovician
Formation: Maggol
Location: Taebaksan, Republic of Korea
Collector:
Photographer: J. W. Moon

Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Black Creek
Location: South Carolina, USA
Collector: G. Simones
Photographer: G. Simones

Age: Ordovician
Formation: Maggol
Location: Taebaksan, Republic of Korea
Collector:
Photographer: J. W. Moon

Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Gramame
Location: Recife, Brazil
Collector:
Photographer: A. J. Martin

Age: Cambrian
Formation:
Location: Utah, USA
Collector: A. A. Ekdale
Photographer: A. J. Martin

Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Boquillas
Location: Big Bend, Texas, USA
Collector:
Photographer: A. J. Martin

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