ichnology

[ik-nol-uh-jee]

ich·nol·o·gy

[ik-nol-uh-jee]
noun
the branch of paleontology concerned with the study of fossilized tracks, trails, burrows, borings, or other trace fossils as evidence of the occurrence or behavior of the organisms that produced them.

Origin:
1850–55; ichno- + -logy

ich·no·log·i·cal [ik-nl-oj-i-kuhl] , adjective
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ichnology (ɪkˈnɒlədʒɪ)
 
n
the study of trace fossils
 
[C19: from Greek ikhnos footprint, track]
 
ichnological
 
adj

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