Gnathichnus

Gnathichnus

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Gnathichnidae
Ichnogenus: †Gnathichnus
Ichnospecies: †G. pentax

Name

Gnathichnus Bromley, 1975

Type ichnospecies: Gnathichnus pentax Bromley, 1975, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Roderosignus Michalík, 1977 [syn.: Michalík, 1980]
  • Type ichnospecies: Roderosignus quinqueradialis Michalík, 1977 [= Gnathichnus pentax Bromley, 1975], by original designation.
• Asteriastoma Breton, 1992 [syn.: Wisshak, Knaust & Bertling, 2019]
  • Type ichnospecies: Asteriastoma cretaceum Breton, 1992 [= Gnathichnus pentax Bromley, 1975].

References

Primary references

• Breton, G. 1992. Les Goniasteridae (Asteroidea, Echinodermata) Jurassiques et Crétacés de France: taphonomie, systématique, biostratigraphie, paléobiogéographie, évolution. Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Géologique de Normandie et des Amis du Muséum du Havre, Fascicule Hors Série, Supplément au Tome 78, Fascicule 4, 590 p. [not seen]
• Bromley, R.G. 1975. Comparative analysis of fossil and recent echinoid bioerosion. Palaeontology 18(4): 725–739. PDF. Reference page. 
• Michalík, J. 1977. Systematics and ecology of Zeilleria Bayle and other brachiopods in the uppermost Triassic of the West Carpathians. Geologický zborník–Geologica Carpathica 28(2): 323–346.
• Michalík, J. 1980. A palaeoenvironmental and palaeoecological analysis of the West Carpathian part of the northern Tethyan nearshore region in the latest Triassic times. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 85: 1047–1064. [not seen]
• 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. 

Additional references

• Bromley, R.G. 2004. A stratigraphy of bioerosion. In: McIlroy, D. (ed.) The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228: 455–479. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.20 . Reference page. 
• Breton, G., Néraudeau, D. & Cuenca-Boulat, C. 1992. Gnathichnus stellarum ichnosp. nov., trace de broutage d’un echinide du Campanien des Charentes (France). Revue de paléobiologie 11(1): 219–229. ResearchGate . Reference page.