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Clionolithes
Taxonomy
Clionolithes was named by Clark (1908). It is considered to be a form taxon.
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975); and to Clionaidae by Finks et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975); and to Clionaidae by Finks et al. (2004).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2009-07-20; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2022-12-26
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Clionolithes Clark |
| 1975 | Clionolithes Hantzschel |
| 2002 | Olkenbachia Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Clionolithes Finks et al. p. 40 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. Hantzschel 1975 | Bent or cracked borings, generally radiating in one plane to all sides from very small central cavity; commonly branching dichotomously; diameter several mm; always etched into shell or some host animal. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Kobluk et al. 1978 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 419.62000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (33 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lochkovian | Australia (New South Wales) | C. sp. (24907 25705) | |
| Early/Lower Devonian | Australia (Victoria) | C. sp. (8344 8353) | |
| Pragian | Australia (Victoria) | C. sollei (75683 75691) C. sp. (8503 8504 8508) | |
| Eifelian - Givetian | Morocco | C. sp. (226635) | |
| Givetian | USA (New York) | C. sp. (5619) | |
| Middle Frasnian | France | C. sp. (65764 65766) | |
| Famennian | Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) | C. sp. (38298 38299 38300) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Montana) | C. sp. (5632 5646) | |
| Serpukhovian | USA (Oklahoma) | C. radicans (5611) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | C. sp. (73944 73945 73946 73949 73950 73951 73952 73953 73954 73955 73956 73957 73997) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Neuquén) | C. sp. (73943) |