Thalassinoides Ehrenberg, 1944

DESCRIPTION: Three-dimensional boxwork of branched cylindrical burrows interconnected by vertical shafts.

BEHAVIOR(S): Deposit-feeding and dwelling.

ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS: Shallow marine and deep marine turbidites.

POSSIBLE TRACEMAKERS: Crustaceans

GEOLOGIC RANGE: Cambrian-recent

ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: (Uchman, 1995)(Vaziri and Fürsich, 2007).


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