Coprinisphaera

Taxonavigation

Ichnofamilia: †Coprinisphaeridae
Ichnogenus: †Coprinisphaera
Ichnospecies: †C. akatanka – †C. cotiae – †C. kheprii – †C. kitu – †C. kraglievichi – †C. lazai – †C. murguiai – †C. ndolanyana – †C. tonii

Name

Coprinisphaera Sauer, 1955: 123 [conserved name]

Gender: feminine.

Type ichnospecies: Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis Sauer, 1955 [= Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939], by monotypy.

Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 2211.

Synonyms

• Devincenzia Roselli, 1939: 81 (non Kraglievich, 1932)
  • Type ichnospecies: Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939, by monotypy.
• Fontanai Roselli, 1939: 79 [syn.: Laza, 2006]
  • Type ichnospecies: Fontanai kraglievichi Roselli, 1939, by monotypy.
• Cangabola Lengerken, 1955: 937 [syn.: Krell, 2000]
  • Type ichnospecies: Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis Sauer, 1955 [= Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939], by monotypy.
• Devincenzichnus Roselli, 1976: 167 (replacement name for Devincenzia Roselli, 1939?)
  • Type ichnospecies: Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939, by monotypy.
• Fontanaichnus Roselli, 1976: 167 (unnecessary replacement name for Fontanai Roselli, 1939?)
  • Type ichnospecies: Fontanai kraglievichi Roselli, 1939, by monotypy.
• Madinaichnus Roselli, 1987: 23 [syn.: Genise, 2004]
  • Type ichnospecies: Madinaichnus larranagai Roselli, 1987 [= Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939], by monotypy.
• Martinezichnus Roselli, 1987: 22 [syn.: Genise, 2004]
  • Type ichnospecies: Martinezichnus francisi Roselli, 1987 [= Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939], by monotypy.
• Microicoichnus Roselli, 1987: 49 [syn.: Genise, 2004]
  • Type ichnospecies: Microicoichnus lafurcadai Roselli, 1987 [= Devincenzia murguiai Roselli, 1939], by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Genise, J.F. 2004. Ichnotaxonomy and ichnostratigraphy of chambered trace fossils in paleosols attributed to coleopterans, ants and termites. In: McIlroy, D. (ed.) The application of ichnology to palaeoenvironmental and stratigraphic analysis. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 228: 419–453. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.228.01.19 . Reference page. 
• ICZN 2008. Opinion 2211 (Case 3360) The ichnogenus Coprinisphaera Sauer, 1955 (Ichnotaxa, COPRINISPHAERIDAE): generic name given precedence over Fontanai Roselli, 1939. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(4): 318–319. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v65i4.a16 . Full issue (PDF). Reference page. 
• Krell, F.-T. 2000. The fossil record of Mesozoic and Tertiary Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(6): 871–905. DOI: 10.1071/IT00031 .
• Laza, J.H. 2006. Dung-Beetle Fossil Brood Balls: The Ichnogenera Coprinisphaera Sauer and Quirogaichnus (Coprinisphaeridae). Ichnos 13(4): 217–235. DOI: 10.1080/10420940600843641 .
• Lengerken, H. von 1955. Die Brutbirnen von Deltochilum (Coleopt. Lamellicornia). Wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse 4: 933–940.
• Roselli, F.L. 1939. Apuntes de geología y paleontología uruguaya. Sobre insectos del Cretácico del Uruguay o descubrimientos de admirables instintos constructivos de esa época. Boletín de la Sociedad Amigos de las Ciencias Naturales “Kraglievich-Fontana” 1: 72–102.
• Roselli, F.L. 1976. Contribución al estudio de la geo-paleontología. Departamento de Colonia y Soriano (República Oriental del Uruguay). Edición especial de la Biblioteca de la Sociedad Amigos de las Ciencias Naturales “Kraglievich-Fontana.” Nueva Palmira, Uruguay, 173 p.
• Roselli, F.L. 1987. Paleoicnología: nidos de insectos fósiles de la cobertura Mesozoica del Uruguay. Publicación del Museo Municipal Nueva Palmira 1: 1–56.
• Sauer, W. 1955. Coprinisphaera ecuadoriensis, un fósil singular del Pleistoceno. Boletín del Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Central del Ecuador 1: 123–129.

Additional references

• Cantil, L.F., Sánchez, M.V., Bellosi, E.S., González, M.G., Sarzetti, L.C. & Genise, J.F. 2013. Coprinisphaera akatanka isp. nov.: The first fossil brood ball attributable to necrophagous dung beetles associated with an Early Pleistocene environmental stress in the Pampean region (Argentina). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 386: 541–554. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.021 . Reference page. 
• Genise, J.F. 2016. The Keys I: Celliformidae and Coprinisphaeridae. Pp. 71–105. In: Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols. Topics in Geobiology 37. Springer. XXVIII + 695 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7_5 . Reference page. 
• Genise, J.F. 2016. Trace Fossils of Dung Beetles. Pp. 173–192. In: Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols. Topics in Geobiology 37. Springer. XXVIII + 695 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7_8 . Reference page. 
• Genise, J.F. & Harrison, T. 2018. Walking on ashes: insect trace fossils from Laetoli indicate poor grass cover associated with early hominin environments. Palaeontology 61(4): 597–624. DOI: 10.1111/pala.12357 . Reference page. 
• Krell, F-T. & Schawaller, W. 2011. Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Pp. 535–548 in: T. Harrison (ed.): Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Volume 2: Fossil Hominines and the Associated Fauna. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9962-4_19 . Reference page.  
• Sánchez, M.V. & Genise, J.F. 2015. The brood ball of Canthon (Canthon) lituratus Germar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) and its fossil counterpart Coprinisphaera cotiae Sánchez and Genise new ichnospecies, with a brief review of South American fossil brood balls. The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1): 73-82. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.73 . Reference page. 
• Sánchez, M.V., Genise, J.F., Bellosi, E.S., Román-Carrión, J.L. & Cantil, L.F. 2013. Dung beetle brood balls from Pleistocene highland palaeosols of Andean Ecuador: A reassessment of Sauer's Coprinisphaera and their palaeoenvironments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 386: 257–274. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.05.028 . PDF. Reference page.