Alcyonidiopsis

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Alcyonidiopsis
Trace fossil classification Edit this classification
Ichnogenus: Alcyonidiopsis
Massalongo, 1856 [1]
Ichnospecies
  • Alcyonidiopsis longobardiae Massalongo, 1856
  • Alcyonidiopsis pharmaceus (Ritcher & Ritcher), 1939
  • Alcyonidiopsis sparsus Salter, 1857

Alcyonidiopsis is a genus of pellet-filled trace fossil, often branching, known from the Ordovician, or possibly earlier, to the recent. It is associated with the quiet, deeper waters of the Nereites ichnofacies.[1] The individual pellets that infill the burrow are sometimes referred to Tomaculum, though this practice is discouraged.[1]

See also[edit]

Tubotomaculum, García-Ramos, Jose Carlos; Mángano, María Gabriela; Piñuela, Laura; Buatois, Luis A.; Rodríguez-Tovar, Francisco J. (2015). "The ichnogenus Tubotomaculum: An enigmatic pellet-filled structure from Upper Cretaceous to Miocene deep-marine deposits of southern Spain". Journal of Paleontology. 88 (6): 1189. doi:10.1666/13-123. S2CID 129635502.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Ordovician and Devonian Trace Fossils from Nevada. NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. 1977 – via Google Books.