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| Rhizocorallium | |
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| Bedding plane view of Rhizocorallium from the Snapper Point Formation (Permian), New South Wales | |
Trace fossil classification 
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| Ichnogenus: | †Rhizocorallium Zenker, 1836 |
Rhizocorallium is an ichnogenus of burrow, the inclination of which is typically within 10° of the bedding planes of the sediment. These burrows can be very large, over a meter long in sediments that show good preservation, e.g. Jurassic rocks of the Yorkshire Coast (eastern United Kingdom), but the width is usually only up to 2 cm, restricted by the size of the organisms producing it. It is thought that they represent fodinichnia as the animal (probably a polychaete) scoured the sediment for food.