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<h2 id="distribution">Distribution</h2> <p><i>Planolites</i> fossils have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Antarctica, and the <a href="/facts/Americas/hEuUTL4K">Americas</a> (with most specimens found in North America).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="ichnospecies">Ichnospecies</h2> <p>Ichnospecies in <i>Planolites</i> include:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <ul><li><i>P. annularis</i> Walcott, 1890</li> <li><i>P. annularius</i> Walcott, 1890</li> <li><i>P. ballandus</i> Webby, 1970</li> <li><i>P. beverleyensis</i> Billings, 1862</li> <li><i>P. incipiens</i> (Billings, 1861)</li> <li><i>P. montanus</i> Richter, 1937</li> <li><i>P. reticulatus</i> Alpert, 1975</li> <li><i>P. serpens</i> Webby, 1970</li> <li><i>P. striatus</i> (<a href="/facts/James_Hall_(paleontologist)/qJcFWhPY">Hall</a>, 1852)</li> <li><i>P. terraenovae</i> Fillion and Pickerill, 1990</li> <li><i>P. virgatus</i> (Hall, 1847)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Ediacaran_genera/NlEBRBdo">List of Ediacaran genera</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Planolites". KU Ichnology. IBGS Research Group. <a href="http://ichnology.ku.edu/invertebrate_traces/tfimages/planolites.html" target="_blank">http://ichnology.ku.edu/invertebrate_traces/tfimages/planolites.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"PBDB". paleobiodb.org. <a href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83907" target="_blank">https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83907</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Planolites Nicholson, 1873". www.gbif.org. <a href="https://www.gbif.org/species/4583768" target="_blank">https://www.gbif.org/species/4583768</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"PBDB". paleobiodb.org. <a href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83907" target="_blank">https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83907</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Planolites Nicholson, 1873". www.gbif.org. <a href="https://www.gbif.org/species/4583768" target="_blank">https://www.gbif.org/species/4583768</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>