free dictionary. A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil ( /ˈɪknoʊfɒsɪl/; from Greek: ἴχνος ikhnos "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological...
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Trace fossils are classified in various ways for different purposes. Traces can be classified taxonomically (by morphology), ethologically (by behavior)...
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A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis, lit. 'obtained by digging') is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past...
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Paleontology (redirect from Fossil taxon)
different types of fossil organisms while others study ecology and environmental history, such as ancient climates. Body fossils and trace fossils are the principal...
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Cambrian explosion (section Trace fossils)
unknown. Trace fossils consist mainly of tracks and burrows, but also include coprolites (fossil feces) and marks left by feeding. Trace fossils are particularly...
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Look up Trace, trace, traces, or tracing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Trace may refer to: Trace (Son Volt album), 1995 Trace (Died Pretty album)...
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Paleodictyon (category Burrow fossils)
Paleodictyon is a trace fossil, usually interpreted to be a burrow, which appears in the geologic marine record beginning in the Precambrian/Early Cambrian...
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Ediacaran biota (redirect from Ediacaran fossils)
were enigmatic tubular and frond-shaped, mostly sessile, organisms. Trace fossils of these organisms have been found worldwide, and represent the earliest...
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fossils (also known as guide fossils or indicator fossils) are fossils used to define and identify geologic periods (or faunal stages). Index fossils...
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Ichnotaxon (redirect from Daedalus (trace fossil))
chaotic nature of trace fossil classification, several ichnogenera hold names normally affiliated with animal body fossils or plant fossils. For example,...
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Coprolite (redirect from Fossil shit)
coprolith) is fossilized feces. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behaviour (in this...
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Skolithos (category Burrow fossils)
Skolithos (formerly spelled Scolithus or Skolithus) is a common trace fossil ichnogenus that is, or was originally, an approximately vertical cylindrical...
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Biostratigraphy (redirect from Index Fossil)
the section. Index fossils (also known as guide fossils, indicator fossils, or dating fossils) are the fossilized remains or traces of particular plants...
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October 1998). "Triploblastic animals more than 1 billion years ago: trace fossil evidence from india". Science. 282 (5386): 80–83. Bibcode:1998Sci...282...
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Because burrow fossils represent the preserved byproducts of behavior rather than physical remains, they are considered a kind of trace fossil. One common...
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Trilobite (section Fossil record of early trilobites)
as trace fossils. There are three main forms of trace fossils associated with trilobites: Rusophycus, Cruziana and Diplichnites—such trace fossils represent...
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stratigraphic units with indeterminate dinosaur fossils List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur trace fossils List of stratigraphic units with dinosaur tracks...
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evaporates are usually associated with gastropod, algae, vertebrate, and trace fossils. Fossils are not to be found in areas of igneous rock (except in some beds...
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The history of paleontology traces the history of the effort to understand the history of life on Earth by studying the fossil record left behind by living...
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Chondrites (genus) (category Burrow fossils)
Chondrites is a trace fossil ichnogenus, preserved as small branching burrows of the same diameter that superficially resemble the roots of a plant. The...
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fossil track or ichnite (Greek "ιχνιον" (ichnion) – a track, trace or footstep) is a fossilized footprint. This is a type of trace fossil. A fossil trackway...
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Treptichnus (category Trace fossil stubs)
an animal. As such, it is regarded as the earliest widespread complex trace fossil. Its earliest appearance, around 542 million years ago (mya), which was...
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Regurgitalite (category Trace fossil stubs)
regurgitated by an animal, such as an owl pellet. They are bromalite trace fossils and can be subdivided into ichnotaxa. Regurgitaliths might provide useful...
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Blackberry Hill (section Trace fossils)
are notable for their large concentration of exceptionally preserved trace fossils in Cambrian tidal flats. One quarry in particular also has the distinction...
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Pholad borings (category Trace fossil stubs)
interior. Ancient, sand-filled pholad borings are a distinctive type of trace fossil known as Gastrochaenolites that are found in some limestones, dolomites...
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hardgrounds, producing a slit-like hole in the surface known by the trace fossil name Rogerella. Acrothoracicans are typically smaller than other types...
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A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group...
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Auca Mahuevo (category Trace fossil stubs)
looking for fossilized birds. The site is now officially protected. List of fossil sites (with link directory) Neuquén Group Chiappe & Coria, 2004, p. 591...
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Taphonomy (redirect from Fossil bias)
subfields such as paleobiology, paleoceanography, ichnology (the study of trace fossils) and biostratigraphy. By coming to understand the oceanographic and...
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Paleobotany (redirect from Plant fossil)
παλαιός, palaios. Paleobotany includes the study of terrestrial plant fossils, as well as the study of prehistoric marine photoautotrophs, such as photosynthetic...
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