Attaichnus kuenzelii

Taxonavigation edit

Ichnofamilia: †Krausichnidae
Ichnogenus: †Attaichnus
Ichnospecies: †Attaichnus kuenzelii

Attaichnus kuenzelii Laza, 1982: 112

Lectotype: MLP 15375-1. (designated by Genise et al., 2013)

Type locality: Cerro Azul Formation, La Pampa, Argentina; Miocene.

Genise, J.F., Melchor, R.N., Sánchez, M.V. & González, M.G. 2013. Attaichnus kuenzelii revisited: A Miocene record of fungus-growing ants from Argentina. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 386: 349–363. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.06.004 . hdl: 11336/3112 . Reference page.
Laza, J.H. 1982. Signos de actividad atribuibles a Atta (Myrmicidae, Hymenoptera) en el Mioceno de la Provincia de La Pampa, República Argentina. Significación paleozoogeográfica. Ameghiniana 19(1–2): 109–124. Abstract. PDF.

Genise, J.F. 2016. The Trace Fossil Record of Eusociality in Ants and Termites. Pp. 285–312. In: Ichnoentomology: Insect Traces in Soils and Paleosols. Topics in Geobiology 37. Springer. XXVIII + 695 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-28210-7_12 . Reference page.