Thalassinoides Ehrenberg, 1944 sp

Remarks

• Collector:    Keith Minor

• Formation:  Austin Group, Atco Limestone

• Location:     Dallas County, Texas

General Info  

Stratigraphic Occurrence

Thalassinoides has been interpreted as decapod crustacean burrows:

• Austin Group, Atco Limestone of north and central Texas, as one example.

• Other occurrences have been reported (from the Taylor Group, Wolfe City Sandstone of northeastern TX, for example).

Geographic Occurrence

Here are just a few Texas localities:

• Dallas County, TX

• Ellis County, TX

• Navarro County, TX

• Rockwall County, TX

Remarks  

For identification and descriptions, see:  

• Reaser, D. F.  "Stratigraphic and Structural Overview of Upper Cretaceous Rocks Exposed in the Dallas Vicinity".  In:  Eby, D. E.; Clarke, R. T., ed's.  Field Trip Guide for the Annual Meeting of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, 1983.  Dallas:  Dallas Geological Society, 1–99.

• Richardson, J. D.  1975.  Trace Fossils from the Wolfe City Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Northeast Texas.  Texas Journal of Science 26 (3-4), 339–352.