Species

Anobichnium simile Linck, 1949

Taxon description

Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)

Diagnosis/description: 1–1.5 mm wide; smooth cylindrical tunnels with circular cross sections.

Schlirf, 2005

Emended diagnosis: Galleries of small, straight to slightly curved, unbranched or irregularly branched borings, with irregular to circular cross-section; wall smooth; orientation of galleries horizontal with respect to surface; with short, cylindrical openings (vertical with respect to surface) appearing as perforation on surface. Either with passive fill, or filled with small ovoid pellets.

Synonymy list
1949     Anobichnium simile n. g. n. sp. — Linck , pp. 185, fig. 1-2
1975     Anobichnium simile — Häntzschel , pp. W124, fig. 78.5 from Linck, 1949
1998     ?Anobichnium isp. — Rajchel & Uchman , pp. 221, fig. 2-3
2005     Anobichnium simile Linck, 1949 — Schlirf , pp. 33, fig. not figured
2020     Anobichnium simile Linck, 1949 — Melnyk et al. , fig. Tab. 1., tracemaker Ptinidae
Selection of related publications
Linck, O. 1949. Fossile Bohrgänge (Anobichnium simile n.g. n.sp.) an einem Keuperholz. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie. Monatshefte: Abt. B. Geologie, Paläontologie 4-6, 180-185.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyTrypanitidae
GenusAnobichnium
Speciessimile
References based on distribution