Liassic plesiosaur embryos reinterpreted as shrimp burrows

Volume / Part: 25 / 2
Publication Date: April 1982
Page(s): 351 - 359
Authored By: Richard A. Thulborn

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A peculiar nodule from the Upper Liassic (Toarcian) shales of Whitby, Yorkshire, is interpreted as an infilled burrow system which was probably excavated by a shrimp-like crustacean (possibly Glyphea sp.)- This interpretation is supported by comparisons with fossil crustacean burrows in the ichnogenus Thalassinoides. The nodule had formerly been regarded as a cluster of fossil embryos from the aquatic reptile Plesiosaurus.

Palaeontology - Volume 25 Part 2 Pages 351-359

Palaeontology - Volume 25 Part 2 Pages 351-359

Citations

THULBORN, R. A. 1982. Liassic plesiosaur embryos reinterpreted as shrimp burrows. Palaeontology, 25, 2, 351–359.