A late Miocene astropectinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and associated ichnofossils from Liessel, province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands

  • J.W.M. Jagt Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, de Bosquetplein 6-7, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, the Netherlands
  • R.H.B. Fraaije Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, NL-5283 WB Boxtel, the Netherlands
  • B.W.M. van Bakel Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, NL-5283 WB Boxtel, the Netherlands
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000937
Keywords: Echinodermata, Asteroidea, Astropectinidae, ichnofossil, Miocene, the Netherlands

Abstract

A fragmentary and partially dissociated arm of an astropectinid starfish, assigned to the genus Astropecten Gray, 1840, is recorded from decalcified and limonitised, fine-grained sandstone concretions and slabs of late Miocene (Tortonian) age, collected from the former gravel and sand pit ‘de Hoogdonk’ near Liessel, province of Noord-Brabant. Added are two examples of the ichnofossil Asteriacites lumbricalis von Schlotheim, 1820, both preserved in convex hyporelief and co-occurring with other, indeterminate traces. Although astropectinids have been recorded previously from Miocene and Pliocene deposits in the Netherlands, the present is the first record of fossilised traces of starfish.

Published
2009-09-01
How to Cite
J.W.M. Jagt, R.H.B. Fraaije, & B.W.M. van Bakel. (2009). A late Miocene astropectinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) and associated ichnofossils from Liessel, province of Noord-Brabant, the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 88, 127 - 131. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016774600000937
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Volume 88 - 2009
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Original Articles
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