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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2014

J.W.M. Jagt ,
R.H.B. Fraaije  and
B.W.M. van Bakel
J.W.M. Jagt*
Affiliation:
Natuurhistorisch Museum Maastricht, de Bosquetplein 6-7, NL-6211 KJ Maastricht, the Netherlands
R.H.B. Fraaije
Affiliation:
Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, NL-5283 WB Boxtel, the Netherlands
B.W.M. van Bakel
Affiliation:
Oertijdmuseum De Groene Poort, Bosscheweg 80, NL-5283 WB Boxtel, the Netherlands
*
*Email: john.jagt@maastricht.nl.
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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.

Keywords

EchinodermataAsteroideaAstropectinidaeichnofossilMiocenethe Netherlands
Type
Geo(Im)pulse
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , September 2009 , pp. 127 - 131
Copyright
Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2009

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