A new decapod burrow system from the NW Mediterranean Pliocene

• de Gibert, Jordi M. ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de València

     Universitat de València

     Valencia, España

     
• Localización: Revista española de paleontología, ISSN 0213-6937, Vol. 11, Nº. 2, 1996 (Ejemplar dedicado a: REVISTA ESPAÑOLA DE PALEONTOLOGÍA), págs. 251-254
• Idioma: inglés
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  • A new ichnofossil, Sinusichnus sinuosus ichnogen. nov. ichnosp. nov, is described from the marine Pliocene of the northwestern Mediterranean. It is a branching burrow system comprising horizontal and regularly sinuous elements. It is interpreted as the feeding, dwelling burrow of a deposit-feeder crustacean. The new trace fossil is very similar in both configuration and function to the well-known ichnogenus Thalassinoides.