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Alcyonidiopsis

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

Alcyonidiopsis is a genus of pellet-filled trace fossil, often branching, known from the Ordovician [and earlier?] to the recent. It is associated with the quiet, deeper waters of the Nereites ichnofacies.[2] The individual pellets that infill the burrow are sometimes referred to Tomaculum, though this practice is discouraged.[3]

See also

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