Species

Asthenopodichnium lignorum Genise, Garrouste, Nel, Grandcolas, Maurizot, Cluzel, Cornette, Fabre et Nel, 2012

Type specimen data

holotype: New Caledonia Geological Survey ; NC. NEP 01; Didot Islet, New Caledonia; Miocene

Reference:

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. pp. 184-191. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.025

Taxon description

Melnyk et al., 2020 (for 2021)

Diagnosis/description: Shallow, elongate, ellipsoidal to almond-shaped scoops; oriented parallel to wood grain; commonly occurring in clusters.

Genise et al., 2012

Diagnosis Shallow elongate ellipsoidal or almond-shaped scoops corresponding to the filling of pouches or depressions in the surface and inside wood substrates, usually oriented parallel to the wood fibers along the branch or trunk longitudinal axis. In many cases densely grouped, less commonly up to forming an alveolar structure. Always devoid of associated galleries.

Synonymy list

2012 Asthenopodichnium lignorum isp. n. — Genise et al, , pp. 186, fig. Fig. 2-4

2017 Asthenopodichnium lignorum Genise et al., 2012 — Genise , pp. 453, fig. 17.7

2020 Asthenopodichnium lignorum Genise et al., 2012 — Melnyk et al. , fig. Tab. 1. Tracemaker fKingdom Fungii

Selection of related publications

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Ichnofossil group	Ichnofossils
	Bioerosional trace fossils
Family	Osteichnidae
Genus	Asthenopodichnium
Species	fallax
	lignorum
	lithuanicum
	xylobiontum

References based on distribution

Genise et al., 2012 Didot Islet, New Caledonia Miocene