Planolites

Planolites Temporal range: Ediacaran–Bartonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Planolites sp. fossil at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen
Trace fossil classification
Ichnogenus:	†Planolites Nicholson, 1873
Ichnospecies
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, 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in), unlined, and rarely branched, with fill that differs from the host rock.^[1]