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Arenicolites
Taxonomy
Arenicolites was named by Salter (1857). Its type is Arenicola carbonaria.
It was assigned to Arenicolitidae by Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel (2005); and to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975), Oji et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Arenicolitidae by Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel (2005); and to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975), Oji et al. (2018).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Arenicolites Salter p. 204 |
| 1975 | Arenicolites Hantzschel |
| 2005 | Arenicolites Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel p. 127 |
| 2018 | Arenicolites Oji et al. fig. 4 |
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G. †Arenicolites Salter 1857
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†Arenicolites carbonaria Binney 1852
†Arenicolites franconicus Trusheim 1934
†Arenicolites longistriatus Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| W. Hantzschel 1975 | Simple U-tubes without spreite, perpendicular to bedding plane; varying in size, tube diameter, distance of limbs, and depth of burrows; limbs rarely somewhat branched, some with funnel-shaped openings; walls commonly smooth, occasionally lined or sculptured; burrows may reach considerable depth. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 635.00000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (36 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ediacaran | Norway (Finmark) | A. sp. (10249) | |
| Ediacaran | Mongolia | A. sp. (237501 237502) | |
| Ediacaran | Brazil (Ceará) | A. sp. (236885 237508) | |
| Botomian | Poland | A. sp. (153009) | |
| Tremadoc | Canada (Newfoundland) | A. sp. (175852) | |
| Wenlock | India | A. sp. (36260) | |
| Pragian | Czechia (Moravia) | Arenicolites indet. (25099) | |
| Late/Upper Frasnian | Spain (Aragon) | A. sp. (40499) | |
| Chadian | Czechia | A. sp. (38089) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Alabama) | A. longistriatus (81525) | |
| Kasimovian | USA (Illinois) | A. sp. (224235) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (39922) | |
| Griesbachian | China (Guizhou) | A. sp. (198881 198883) | |
| Spathian | USA (Nevada) | A. sp. (61814 61817 61818 61820 61822) | |
| Illyrian | Germany (Thuringia) | Trusheimichnus franconicus (240152) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | A. sp. (88205 88206) | |
| Hettangian - Sinemurian | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (176124) | |
| Late/Upper Bajocian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (94371) | |
| Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. sp. (55423) | |
| Bathonian - Kimmeridgian | China (Qinghai) | A. sp. (59649) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | Spain (Aragón) | A. sp. (58763) | |
| Tithonian | Greenland | A. sp. (1235) | |
| Late/Upper Hauterivian - Early/Lower Barremian | Argentina (Neuquén) | A. sp. (154108) | |
| Barremian - Albian | China (Sichuan) | A. sp. (217078) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Australia (Victoria) | A. sp. (185865) | |
| Albian | USA (Colorado) | A. sp. (154185 154186) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | A. sp. (227160) |