Species

Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967

Taxon description

Knaust, 2021b

Diagnosis (original after Kennedy 1967: 142). Mediumsized Thalassinoides, with irregular, very extensive horizontal burrow network, occurring at several levels, connected by vertical shafts. Diameter of tunnels variable, between 7 and 60 mm, short blind tunnels very common. Surface covered with longitudinal ridges. Generally occurs associated with erosion surfaces.

Synonymy list
1830     non Spongia paradoxica — Woodward , pp. 5
1967     Thalassinoides paradoxicus — Kennedy , pp. 142, fig. 3, 4
2020     Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 — Knaust , fig. 1c, d
2021     Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 — Chrzstek & Nowicka , fig. 9G
2021     Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 — Knaust , fig. 3
2024     Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 — Knaust , fig. 1-12
2024     Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 — Knaust & Schnick , pp. 9, fig. 4M–O
Selection of related publications
Knaust, D. 2024. The trace fossil Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 revisited from its type locality (Albian-Cenomanian chalk, SE England). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 634, 111913. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111913
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioturbation trace fossils
GenusThalassinoides
Speciesbacae
callianassae
foedus
horizontalis
paradoxicus
suevicus