Asteriacites

Asteriacites lumbricalis

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Asteriacitidae
Ichnogenus: †Asteriacites
Ichnospecies: †A. lumbricalis – †A. quinquefolius – †A. stelliformis

Name

Asteriacites von Schlotheim, 1820

Type ichnospecies: Asteriacites lumbricalis von Schlotheim, 1820, by subsequent designation by Seilacher, 1953: 93.

Synonymy

• 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

Primary references

• 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

• 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.