Asthenopodichnium Thenius, 1979

ID16420
Fossil groupBioerosional trace fossils
CADPouch borings
TypeMacroboring
SubstrateXylic substrate
TaxonAsthenopodichnium
AuthorThenius, 1979
ReferenceThenius, 1979
Parent taxonOsteichnidae
Is validYes
FADCampanian
LADPliocene
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Synonymy

YearSynonymAuthorPagesFigsReference
2012Asthenopodichnium Thenius, 1979Grandcolas, Maurizot, Cluzel, Cornette, Fabre & Nel185Genise et al., 2012
2010Asthenopodichnium Thenius, 1979Moran, Hilbert-Wolf, Golder, Malenda, Smith, Storm, Simpson, Wizevich & Tindall622-669Moran et al., 2010
2007Asthenopodichnium Thenius, 1979Uchman, Gaigalas, Melešyte & Kazakauskas331Uchman et al., 2007a
1979Asthenopodichnium nov. gen.Thenius185Thenius, 1979

Descriptions and remarks

Category of architectural design: 2.65. Pouch borings.


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).


Macroboring; substrate xylic; tracemaker invertebrate


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


Occurrences


Browse Categories of Architectural Design (CADs):

Borings with elliptical to sub-rectangular cross sections | Branched tubular borings | Camerate boxwork borings | Camerate network borings | Circular holes and pit-shaped borings | Clavate-shaped borings | Cylindrical vertical to oblique borings | Dendritic and rosetted borings | Elongate or branched attachment bioerosion traces | Fracture-shaped bioerosion traces | Globular to spherical borings | Groove bioerosion traces | Multiple attachment bioerosion traces | Non-camerate boxwork borings | Non-camerate network borings | Pouch borings | Radial borings | Single circular to tear-shaped attachment bioerosion traces | Spiral borings | Trackways and scratch imprints | U-shaped borings | Winding borings |