Species

Asthenopodichnium xylobiontum Thenius, 1979

Type specimen data
holotype: Natural Museum Vienna ; 1905/ VII/8; Hennersdorf; Miocene
Reference:
Thenius, E. 1979. Lebensspuren von Ephemeropteren-Larven aus dem Jung-Tertiär des Wiender Beckens. pp. 177-188.
Taxon description

Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)

Diagnosis/description: U-shaped spreiten or pouch-like tunnels of 1.5–3 mm diameter; aligned perpendicular to substratum and penetrating wood to 20 mm.

Uchman et al., 2007a

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

Thenius, 1979

Diagnosis: U-shaped spreader constructions with a tube diameter of 1,5-3 mm. Height (depth) of underground structures up to 20 mm.

Synonymy list
1979     Asthenopodichnium xylobiontum n. g. n. sp. — Thenius , pp. 185, fig. 2; 2:1
2017     Asthenopodichnium xylobiontum Thenius, 1979 — Genise , pp. 453
2020     Asthenopodichnium xylobiontum Thenius, 1979 — Melnyk, Packer, Zonneveld & Gingras , fig. Tab. 1, tracemaker: Family Gammeridea (scud)
Selection of related publications
Thenius, E. 1979. Lebensspuren von Ephemeropteren-Larven aus dem Jung-Tertiär des Wiender Beckens. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 82, 177-188.
Classification
Organism groupBiota
Ichnofossil groupIchnofossils
Bioerosional trace fossils
FamilyOsteichnidae
GenusAsthenopodichnium
Speciesfallax
lignorum
lithuanicum
xylobiontum
References based on distribution