Thalassinoides
| Thalassinoides | |
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| Thalassinoides, burrows produced by thalassinideans, from the Middle Jurassic, Makhtesh Qatan, southern Israel | |
Trace fossil classification  | |
| Ichnogenus: | Thalassinoides Ehrenberg, 1944 |
Thalassinoides is an ichnogenus of trace fossil used to refer to "dichotomously or T-branched boxworks, mazes and shafts, unlined and unornamented".[1]:179 Facies of Thalassinoides increased suddenly in abundance at the beginning of the Mesozoic.[1]: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.[2]
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Thalassinoides burrow system in the Sherborne Building Stone (Jurassic, Bajocian) of Dorset, England; slab cut parallel to bedding.
Thalassinoides burrow system in the Sherborne Building Stone (Jurassic, Bajocian) of Dorset, England; slab cut perpendicular to bedding.
Thalassinoides burrows give a unique texture to this crest carved from Ordovician Tyndall limestone.
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