Genus

Asthenopodichnium Thenius, 1979

Taxon description

Wisshak et al., 2019a

Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate

Buatois et al., 2017

Category of architectural design: 2.65. Pouch borings.

Francischini et al., 2016

Emended diagnosis. Small, U-shaped spreiten, pouche or rodelike structures in wooden, organic rich, bone or hardground substrates (after Uchman, Gaigalas, Melesyte & Kazakauskas, 2007; emended).

Uchman et al., 2007a

Emended diagnosis. Small, U-shaped spreiten or pouch-like structures in wooden, organic-rich or bone substrates.

Selection of related publications
Genise, J. F., Garrouste, R., Nel, P., Grandcolas, P., Maurizot, P., Cluzel, D., Cornette, R., Fabre, A., Nel, A. 2012. Asthenopodichnium in fossil wood: Different trace makers as indicators of different terrestrial palaeoenvironments. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 365-366, 184-191. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.025
Uchman, A., Gaigalas, A., Melešyte, M., Kazakauskas, V. 2007. The trace fossil Asthenopodichnium lithuanicum isp. nov. from Late Neogene brown-coal deposits, Lithuania. Geological Quarterly 51, 3, 329-336.
Thenius, E. 1979. Lebensspuren von Ephemeropteren-Larven aus dem Jung-Tertiär des Wiender Beckens. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 82, 177-188.