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[[File:AsteriacitesUtah.jpg|thumb|''Asteriacites lumbricalis'', a [[trace fossil]] of an [[ophiuroid]] echinoderm; [[Carmel Formation]] (Middle Jurassic), near Gunlock, [[Utah]]]] |
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'''''Asteriacites''''' is the name given to five-rayed [[trace fossil]]s found in marine sedimentary rocks (Mángano et al., 1999; Wilson and Rigby, 2000). They record the burrows of [[ophiuroid]] and [[starfish|asteroid]] sea stars on the sea floor. ''Asteriacites'' are found in European and American rocks, from the [[Ordovician]] period onwards, and are especially numerous in the [[Jurassic]] system. |
'''''Asteriacites''''' is the name given to five-rayed [[trace fossil]]s found in marine sedimentary rocks (Mángano et al., 1999; Wilson and Rigby, 2000). They record the burrows of [[ophiuroid]] and [[starfish|asteroid]] sea stars on the sea floor. ''Asteriacites'' are found in European and American rocks, from the [[Ordovician]] period onwards, and are especially numerous in the [[Jurassic]] system. |
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[[Image:AsteriacitesDevonianOhio.jpg|thumb|''Asteriacites'' from the Devonian of northeastern Ohio; this trace was made by an asteroid echinoderm.]] |
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[[File:AsteriacitesDevonianOhio.jpg|thumb|''Asteriacites'' from the Devonian of northeastern Ohio; this trace was made by an asteroid echinoderm]] |
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[[File:Asteriacites mcr1.jpg|thumb|Bedding plane view of ''Asteriacites'' from the Snapper Point Formation ([[Permian]]), New South Wales]] |
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*{{cite journal | last1 = Mángano | first1 = M.G. | last2 = Buatois | first2 = L.A. | last3 = West | first3 = R.R. | last4 = Maples | first4 = C.G. | year = 1999 | title = The origin and paleoecologic significance of the trace fossil ''Asteriacites'' in the Pennsylvanian of Kansas and Missouri | url = | journal = Lethaia | volume = 32 | issue = | pages = 17–30 |doi=10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00577.x}} |
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*{{cite journal|last1=Wilson|first1=M.A.|last2=Rigby|first2=J.K.|year=2000|title=''Asteriacites lumbricalis'' von Schlotheim 1820: ophiuroid trace fossils from the Lower Triassic Thaynes Formation, central Utah|url =|journal=Ichnos|volume=7|issue =|pages=43–49 }} |
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Revision as of 18:27, 4 September 2011
Asteriacites is the name given to five-rayed trace fossils found in marine sedimentary rocks (Mángano et al., 1999; Wilson and Rigby, 2000). They record the burrows of ophiuroid and asteroid sea stars on the sea floor. Asteriacites are found in European and American rocks, from the Ordovician period onwards, and are especially numerous in the Jurassic system.
References
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- Mángano, M.G.; Buatois, L.A.; West, R.R.; Maples, C.G. (1999). "The origin and paleoecologic significance of the trace fossil Asteriacites in the Pennsylvanian of Kansas and Missouri". Lethaia. 32: 17–30. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1999.tb00577.x.
- Wilson, M.A.; Rigby, J.K. (2000). "Asteriacites lumbricalis von Schlotheim 1820: ophiuroid trace fossils from the Lower Triassic Thaynes Formation, central Utah". Ichnos. 7: 43–49.
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