Planolites
{{Short description|Trace fossil of the Phanerozoic}}
{{Ichnobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Ediacaran|Bartonian}}
| image = Planolites.jpg
| image_caption = Planolites sp. fossil at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen
| taxon = Planolites
| authority = Nicholson, 1873
| subdivision = See text.
}}
Planolites is an ichnogenus found throughout the Ediacaran and the Phanerozoic that is made during the feeding process of worm-like animals. The traces are generally small, {{cvt|1|-|5|mm}}, unlined, and rarely branched, with fill that differs from the host rock.{{cite web |title=Planolites |url=http://ichnology.ku.edu/invertebrate_traces/tfimages/planolites.html |website=KU Ichnology |publisher=IBGS Research Group}}
Distribution
Planolites fossils have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, and the Americas (with most specimens found in North America).{{Cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83907|title=PBDB|website=paleobiodb.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4583768|title=Planolites Nicholson, 1873|website=www.gbif.org}}
Ichnospecies
Ichnospecies in Planolites include:
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- 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
References
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Category:Fossils of Antarctica
Category:Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Category:Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Paleozoic life of Quebec
Category:Fossils of the Czech Republic
Category:Fossils of Kazakhstan
Category:Fossils of South Africa
Category:Fossils of Switzerland
Category:Fossils of Great Britain
Category:Fossils of the United States
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1873
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