Dirk Knaust

Dirk Knaust, Norwegian geologist and ichnologist.

Equinor ASA, 4035, Stavanger, Norway

Taxon names authored

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• 21 taxon names authored by Dirk Knaust

Publications

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• Knaust, D. 2002. Ichnogenus Pholeus Fiege, 1944, revisited. Journal of Paleontology 76(5): 882–891. DOI: 10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<0882:IPFR>2.0.CO;2 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Knaust, D. 2008. Balanoglossites Mägdefrau, 1932 from the Middle Triassic of Germany: part of a complex trace fossil probably produced by burrowing and boring polychaetes. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82: 347–372. DOI: 10.1007/BF03184427 . Reference page. 
• Knaust, D. 2010. Meiobenthic trace fossils comprising a miniature ichnofabric from Late Permian carbonates of the Oman Mountains. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 286(1–2): 81–87. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.12.007 . Reference page. 
• Knaust, D. 2012. Trace fossil systematics. Pp. 79–101. In: Knaust, D. & Bromley, R.G. (eds.) Trace Fossils as Indicators of Sedimentary Environments. Developments in Sedimentology 64. Elsevier, Amsterdam. ISBN 978-0-444-53813-0. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53813-0.00003-4 . Supplementary Material.
• Knaust, D. 2015. Siphonichnidae (new ichnofamily) attributed to the burrowing activity of bivalves: Ichnotaxonomy, behaviour and palaeoenvironmental implications. Earth-Science Reviews 150: 497–519. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.07.014 . Reference page. 
• Wisshak, M., Kroh, A., Bertling, M., Knaust, D., Nielsen, J.K., Jagt, J.W.M., Neumann, C. & Nielsen, K.S.S. 2015. In defence of an iconic ichnogenus – Oichnus Bromley, 1981. Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 85(3): 445–451. DOI: 10.14241/asgp.2015.029 . 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. 
• Knaust, D. 2017. Atlas of Trace Fossils in Well Core: Appearance, Taxonomy and Interpretation. Springer. XV + 209 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49837-9 .
• Knaust, D. 2017 (2018). The ichnogenus Teichichnus Seilacher, 1955. Earth-Science Reviews 177: 386–403. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.11.023 .
• Wisshak, M., Neumann, C., Knaust, D. & Reich, M. 2017. Rediscovery of type material of the bioerosional trace fossil Talpina von Hagenow, 1840 and its ichnotaxonomic implications. PalZ 91: 127–135. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-017-0335-y . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Knaust, D. 2018. Teichichnus zigzag Frey and Bromley, 1985: a probable echiuran or holothurian burrow from the Jurassic offshore Norway. PalZ 92(4): 617–632. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-018-0413-9 .
• Knaust, D. 2018 (2019). The enigmatic trace fossil Tisoa de Serres, 1840. Earth-Science Reviews 188: 123–147. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.11.001 .
• Knaust, D. 2019. The Fish Trail Undichna quadrisulcata isp. nov. from the Eocene of Spitsbergen. Ichnos 26(3): 178–186. DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2018.1532901 .
• Wisshak, M., Knaust, D. & Bertling, M. 2019. Bioerosion ichnotaxa: review and annotated list. Facies 65(2): article 24 [1–39]. DOI: 10.1007/s10347-019-0561-8 . Reference page. 
• Knaust, D. 2019 (2020). Sulcolithos variabilis igen. et isp. nov.: grooves on firm and hard bedding surfaces. PalZ 94(1): 195–206. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-019-00464-z .
• Knaust, D. 2019 (2020). Rhizocorallites Müller, 1955 from the Triassic and Jurassic of Germany: burrow, coprolite, or cololite? PalZ 94(4): 769–785. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-019-00506-6 .
• Knaust, D. 2020. Invertebrate coprolites and cololites revised. Papers in Palaeontology 6(3): 385–423. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1297 .
• Knaust, D. 2020 (2021). The paradoxical ichnotaxonomy of Thalassinoides paradoxicus: a name of different meanings. PalZ 95(1): 179–186. DOI: 10.1007/s12542-020-00520-z .
• Knaust, D. 2021. Balanoglossites-burrowed firmgrounds – The most common ichnofabric on earth? Earth-Science Reviews 220: 103747. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103747 .
• Knaust, D. 2021. Rosselichnidae ifam. nov.: burrows with concentric, spiral or eccentric lamination. Papers in Palaeontology 7(4): 1847–1875. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1367 .
• Bertling, M.(†), Buatois, L.A., Knaust, D., Laing, B., Mángano, M.G., Meyer, N., Mikuláš, R., Minter, N.J., Neumann, C., Rindsberg, A.K., Uchman, A. & Wisshak, M. 2022. Names for trace fossils 2.0: theory and practice in ichnotaxonomy. Lethaia 55(3): 1–19. DOI: 10.18261/let.55.3.3 . Reference page. 
• Knaust, D. 2023. The multifaceted ichnogenus Protovirgularia M'Coy, 1850: Taxonomy, producers and environments. Earth-Science Reviews 244: 104511. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104511 .
• Knaust, D. 2023 (2024). The trace fossil Thalassinoides paradoxicus Kennedy, 1967 revisited from its type locality (Albian-Cenomanian chalk, SE England). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 634: 111913. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111913 .
• Knaust, D., Dronov, A.V. & Toom, U. 2023. Two almost-forgotten Trypanites ichnospecies names for the most common Palaeozoic macroboring. Papers in Palaeontology 9(3): e1491. DOI: 10.1002/spp2.1491 . Reference page.