Definition of "ichnology" []

• The branch of paleontology dealing with the study of fossilized footprints, tracks, burrows, or other traces as evidence of the activities of the organisms that produced them. (noun)

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• "The study of trace fossils - called ichnology - is very useful for reconstructing ancient environments."
• "The work of this international group, published in the latest issue of Geologica Acta, is the first taphonomic (fossilisation process) study done on cetacean remains combined with other paleontological disciplines such as ichnology (the study of trace fossils)."
• "A golobal overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time. p187-198."