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]
Alcyonidiopsis | |
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Trace fossil classification ![]() | |
Ichnogenus: | †Alcyonidiopsis Massalongo, 1856 [1] |
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See also
editTubotomaculum, 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- ^ a b c Ordovician and Devonian Trace Fossils from Nevada. NV Bureau of Mines & Geology. 1977 – via Google Books.