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Taxonavigation
[edit]Ichnofamilia: †Asteriacitidae
Ichnogenus: †Asteriacites
Ichnospecies:
†A. lumbricalis –
†A. quinquefolius –
†A. stelliformis
Name
[edit]Asteriacites von Schlotheim, 1820
Type ichnospecies: Asteriacites lumbricalis von Schlotheim, 1820, by subsequent designation by Seilacher, 1953: 93.
Synonymy
[edit]- Asteriacites von Schlotheim, 1820: 324
- Heliophycus Miller & Dyer, 1878: 2
- Type ichnospecies: Heliophycus stelliforme Miller & Dyer, 1878.
- Spongaster Fritsch, 1908: 9 (non Ehrenberg, 1860; nomen nudum according to Häntzschel, 1975)
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Schlotheim, E.F. von 1820. Die Petrefactenkunde auf ihrem jetzigen Standpunkte durch die Beschreibung seiner Sammlung versteinerter und fossiler Überreste des Thier- und Pflanzenreichs der Vorwelt. pp. lxii, 437. Gotha: Becker. Digitalisat, Digitalisat Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Häntzschel, W. 1962. Trace Fossils and Problematica. Pp. W177–W245. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part W, Miscellanea. New York and Lawrence: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas. DOI: 10.17161/tip.v0i0.5418
. Reference page.
- Häntzschel, W.(†) 1975. Trace Fossils and Problematica. Second Edition (Revised and Enlarged). Pp. W1–W269. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part W, Miscellanea, Supplement 1. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas. DOI: 10.17161/tip.v0i0.5426
. Reference page.
- Knaust, D. & Neumann, C. 2016. Asteriacites von Schlotheim, 1820 – the oldest valid ichnogenus name – and other asterozoan-produced trace fossils. Earth-Science Reviews 157: 111–120. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.04.003
. [Corrigendum: 2017. 166: 299. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.02.005
.] Reference page.