Also known as trace fossils or ichnites, these are fossilized footprints , nests, dung, gastroliths, burrows, stomach contents, coprolite , etc., but not actual body parts. Ichnofossils record the movement and behavior of animals. Ichnology is the study of ichnofossils.
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trace fossils that are seen as preserved tracks or other signs of the behaviors of animals in the substrate. Ichnofossils can provide insights on the behavior of an extinct animal. Very rarely is the animal itself found in direct association with the ichnofossil it created.
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