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Thalassinoides ✝
Description | Thalassinoides is an ichnogenus of trace fossil used to refer to "dichotomously or T-branched boxworks, mazes and shafts, unlined and unornamented". Facies of Thalassinoides increased suddenly in abundance at the beginning of the Mesozoic. 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. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassinoides, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Thalassinoides | ||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Thalassinoides Ehrenberg, 1944 | ||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 520 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. E. Plotnick. 2006. Names of marine ichnofossil genera. | ||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassinoides |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1944 | Thalassinoides Ehrenberg |
1975 | Thalassinoides Hantzschel |
References
Plotnick R. E. (2006) Names of marine ichnofossil genera |
Hantzschel W. (1975) Miscellanea. Supplement 1. Trace Fossils and Problematica, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, W1-W269 |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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