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Arenicolites
Taxonomy
Arenicolites was named by Salter (1857). Its type is Arenicola carbonaria.
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975); and to Arenicolitidae by Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel (2005).
It was assigned to Ichnofossils by Hantzschel (1975); and to Arenicolitidae by Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1857 | Arenicolites Salter p. 204 |
1975 | Arenicolites Hantzschel |
2005 | Arenicolites Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel p. 127 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Arenicolites Salter 1857
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†Arenicolites carbonaria Binney 1852
†Arenicolites longistriatus Rindsberg and Kopaska-Merkel 2005
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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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 70.60000 Ma
Collections (31 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ediacaran | Norway (Finmark) | A. sp. (10249) | |
Botomian | Poland | A. sp. (153009) | |
Tremadoc | Canada (Newfoundland) | A. sp. (175852) | |
Wenlock | India | A. sp. (36260) | |
Pragian | Czech Republic (Moravia) | Arenicolites indet. (25099) | |
Late/Upper Frasnian | Spain (Aragon) | A. sp. (40499) | |
Chadian | Czech Republic | 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) | |
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) | |
Bathonian - Kimmeridgian | China (Qinghai) | A. sp. (59649) | |
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | A. sp. (55423) | |
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) |