Species

Astropolichnus hispanicus (Crimes, Legg, Marcos et Arboleya, 1977)

Taxon description

Vizcaïno et al., 2004

Diagnosis: Astropolichnus with 30-48 radial ridges separated by narrow grooves and wide (transversely) circular area of axial cylinder occupying one-third of the entire burrow; long radial ridges of about equal size, 1-5 mm wide, wider distally (emended by Pillola et al., 1994).

Knaust, 2012a

Burrow, subvertical, unbranched, plug-shaped, passive fill, no lining

Pillola et al., 1995

Diagnosis-Astropolichnus with 30-48 radial ridges narrow grooves and wide (transversally) circular area of the axial cylinder ocupping about one third of the entire trace. Long radial ridges, of about equal size, 1-5mm wide, widening distally.

Synonymy list
1977     Astropolithon hispanicus isp. nov — Crimes et al. , pp. 112, fig. 5
1985     Astropolichnus ?hispanicus (Crimes et al., 1977) — Crimes & Anderson , pp. 315, fig. 5.1
1995     Astropolichnus hispanicus Crimes et al. — Pillola et al. , pp. 260, fig. text fig. 6; 1:1-6; 2:1-10
2010     Astropolichnus hispanicus (Crimes at al., 1977) — Jensen et al. , pp. 696, fig. 8a
2013     Astropolichnus hispanicus (Crimes, Legg, Marcos and Arboleya, 1977) — Jensen et al. , pp. 45, fig. Fig. 5.1a
2016     Astropolichnus hispanicus (Crimes, Legg, Marcos and Arboleya, 1977) — Stachacz , pp. 300, fig. 11E
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioturbation trace fossils
GenusAstropolichnus
Speciesbohemicus
hispanicus