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ichnofossil en · NOUN

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́χνος (ĭ́khnos)der. English ichno- English fossil English ichnofossil From ichno- + fossil.

A trace fossil; a fossil record that preserves some activity of an organism, but no part of the organism itself.
- Changes in the preservational environment in the thousands or millions of years between the creation of each set of prints results in these different forms of ichnofossil. 2017 March 22, Elsa Panciroli, “Walking in the footsteps of giants and gerbils: what fossil prints can tell us”, in The Guardian:
- Suites of taphonomic factors that influence body fossils and ichnofossils are clearly not identical. Nonetheless, without too much twisting, ichnofossil-lagerstätten can be placed into the same genetic categories. 2007, Charles E. Savrda, “6: Taphonomy of Trace Fossils”, in William Miller, III, editor, Trace Fossils, Elsevier, page 106:
- For example, an ichnofossil might be the preserved track an animal, or its burrow.
- The only abundant ichnofossils are large and inclined structures in La Cancha Bed (Profile K), interpreted as mammal burrows. 2010, Eduardo S. Bellosi et al., “21: Ichnofacies Examination of the Sarmiento Formation”, in R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay, editors, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca, Cambridge University Press, page 313:

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