Name/Title
Teredo (Bivalve; Trace Fossil)Entry/Object ID
LN2009.3.20Description
One piece of petrified wood covered with boring holes from the bivalve genus Teredo. The clams bore into the wood before it petrified, making round tube-like holes. Only these trace fossils are preserved in this specimen - no valves or pallets are present.
Phylum: Mollusca
Family: Terdinidae
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Genus: TeredoCollection
Dan & Carole Nielson Fossil CollectionAcquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
From the private collection of Dan & Carole NielsonDimensions
Dimension Notes
7.25 x 3.5. Specific dimensions and units not given. Assumed length x width x depth, in inches, for the entire specimen including matrix.Location
Location
Room
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent