Species

Asteriacites quinquefolia Quenstedt, 1876

Type specimen data

holotype: University of Tübingen ; Unnumbered specimen

Reference:

Knaust, D., Neumann, C. 2016. Asteriacites von Schlotheim, 1820 – the oldest valid ichnogenus name – and other asterozoan-produced trace fossils. pp. 111-120. DOI:10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.04.003

Taxon description

Diagnosis: Star-shaped imprints and shallowly excavated pitscontaining relatively wide arms with a length:width ratio of less than 2

Synonymy list

1876 Asteriacites quinquefolia — Quenstedt , pp. 94, fig. 93:28

1991 Asteriacites aberensis — Crimes & Crossley , fig. 4B

2011 Asteriacites obtusus — Carrasco , pp. 13

2016 Asterosoma quinquefolius Quenstedt, 1876 — Knaust & Neumann , pp. 117, fig. 10

2017 Asterias quinquefolia Quensted — Knaust & Neumann

Klassificering