Clionolithes

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Dendrinidae
Ichnogenus: †Clionolithes
Ichnospecies: †C. alcicornis – †C. cervicornis – †C. convexus – †C. palmatus – †C. pannosus – †C. radicans

Name

Clionolithes Clarke, 1908

Type ichnospecies: Clionolithes radicans Clarke, 1908, by subsequent designation by Clarke, 1921 or Fenton & Fenton, 1932.

Synonyms

• Olkenbachia Solle, 1938: 156 [syn.: Teichert, 1945]
  • Type ichnospecies: Olkenbachia hirsuta Solle, 1938 [= Clionolithes radicans Clarke, 1908].
• Ramodendrina Vogel et al., 1987: 270 [syn.: Plewes, 1996; Furlong & McRoberts, 2014]
  • Type ichnospecies: Ramodendrina cervicornis Vogel et al., 1987, by original designation.
• Platydendrina Vogel et al., 1987: 274 [syn.: Plewes, 1996]
  • Type ichnospecies: Platydendrina platycentrum Vogel et al., 1987 [= Clionolithes pannosus Solle, 1938], by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Clarke, J.M. 1908. The beginnings of dependent life. Museum Bulletin (New York State Museum) 121: 146–169. BHL.
• Clarke, J.M. 1921. Organic dependence and disease, their origin and significance. Museum Bulletin (New York State Museum) 221–222: 1–113. BHL.
• Fenton, C.L. & Fenton, M.A. 1932. Boring sponges in the Devonian of Iowa. American Midland Naturalist 13(2): 42–54. DOI: 10.2307/2419951, JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Solle, G. 1938. Die ersten Bohr-Spongien im europäischen Devon und einige andere Spuren. Senckenbergiana 20: 154–178.
• Teichert, C. 1945. Parasitic worms in Permian brachiopod and pelecypod shells in Western Australia. American Journal of Science 243: 197–209. DOI: 10.2475/ajs.243.4.197 .
• Vogel, K., Golubic, S., Brett, C.E. 1987. Endolith associations and their relation to facies distribution in the Middle Devonian of New York State, USA. Lethaia 20(3): 263–290. DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3931.1987.tb02047.x . 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.  [as Clionolithes, Platydendrina and Ramodendrina]
• Häntzschel, W. 1962. Trace Fossils and Problematica. Pp. W177–W245. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part W, Miscellanea. New York and Lawrence: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas. DOI: 10.17161/tip.v0i0.5418 . Reference page. 
• Häntzschel, W.(†) 1975. Trace Fossils and Problematica. Second Edition (Revised and Enlarged). Pp. W1–W269. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part W, Miscellanea, Supplement 1. Boulder, Colorado and Lawrence: Geological Society of America and University of Kansas. DOI: 10.17161/tip.v0i0.5426 . Reference page. 
• Wisshak, M. 2017. Taming an ichnotaxonomical Pandora’s box: revision of dendritic and rosetted microborings (ichnofamily: Dendrinidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 390: 1–99. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.390 . Reference page. 
• 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.