arenicolite

[‚a·rə′nik·ə‚līt]

(geology)

A hole, groove, or other mark in a sedimentary rock, generally sandstone, interpreted as a burrow made by an arenicolous marine worm or a trail of a mollusk or crustacean.

References in periodicals archive

A burrowing nereidid polychaete Alitta virens (Sars) usually produces burrows similar to those of Arenicolites and Skolithos (Herringshaw et al.

First description of Skolithos burrows from the Cambrian--Ordovician boundary interval of the Central Anti-Atlas, Morocco/Maroko Anti-Atlase Kambriumi--Ordoviitsiumi piirikihtides esinevate Skolithos'e kaikude esmakirjeldus

The upper discoid-bearing bed varies from 1-8 cm thick and bears Arenicolites, Palaeophycus, Planolites, and Rusophycus (bbi: 3, ii: 1), as well as ~8 cm wavelength, 1.5 cm high, straight- to sinuous-crested, mud-draped oscillation ripples.

Hypothesized Cambrian medusae from Saint John, New Brunswick, reinterpreted as sedimentary structures

In contrast, Bromley and Asgaard (1991) suggested the presence of the Arenicolites ichnofacies where similar, but more diminutive morphologies are present, and where the vertical aspect burrows do not overprint one another.

Ichnocoenoses from the Carboniferous of eastern Canada and their implications for the recognition of ichnofacies in nonmarine strata

Trace fossils include Skolithos, Taenidium, and broad Arenicolites.

2001 Colloquium & Annual general meeting. (Abstracts)

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