Planolites

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

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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, 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in), unlined, and rarely branched, with fill that differs from the host rock.[1]

  1. ^ "Planolites". KU Ichnology. IBGS Research Group.