Planolites

Planolites is an ichnogenus found throughout the Phanerozoic that is made during the feeding process of worm-like animals. The traces are generally small, 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in), unlined, and rarely branched, with fill that differs from the host rock.[1]

Planolites
Temporal range: Ediacaran–Bartonian
Planolites sp. fossil at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus: Planolites
Nicholson, 1873
Ichnospecies

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Distribution

Planolites fossils have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, and the Americas (though many more specimens have been found in North America).[2][3]

Ichnospecies

Ichnospecies in Planolites include:[2][3]

  • P. annularis Walcott, 1890
  • P. annularius Walcott, 1890
  • P. ballandus Webby, 1970
  • P. beverleyensis Billings, 1862
  • P. incipiens (Billings, 1861)
  • P. montanus Richter, 1937
  • P. reticulatus Alpert, 1975
  • P. serpens Webby, 1970
  • P. striatus (Hall, 1852)
  • P. terraenovae Fillion and Pickerill, 1990
  • P. virgatus (Hall, 1847)
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See also

List of Ediacaran genera

References

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