Archeoentomoichos : Hasiotis and Dubiel, 1995

DESCRIPTION: Fossil nests from crevasse-splay deposits and coarser-grained sediment overlying hydromorphic paleosols

BEHAVIOR(S): Multiple use colonial nests; polychresichnia

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Fully continental. Found in course-grained hydromorphic paleosols near an aquatic source.

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Termites.

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Triassic-recent

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: (Hasiotis, 2003)


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