Geol. [f. Gr. κόλον COLON1 + λίθος a stone: see -LITE.] An intestine-like mass or impression found in the oolitic rocks of Solenhofen, and regarded as worm-casts, or as the petrified intestines of fishes with their contents.
1836. W. Buckland, Geol., I. 200. To these remarkable fossils he [Agassiz] has given the name of Cololites.
1844. G. A. Mantell, Medals of Creation, II. 657.
1860. Owen, Palæont., 39–40. The ‘Cololites’ of the lithographic limestone are most probably the castings of worms.
