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/ˈɪknəʊˌfɒsəl/ · noun
(paleontology) A trace fossil; a fossil record that preserves some activity of an organism, but no part of the organism itself..
For example, an ichnofossil might be the preserved track an animal, or its burrow.
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.
The only abundant ichnofossils are large and inclined structures in La Cancha Bed (Profile K), interpreted as mammal burrows.
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.
Use ichnofossil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ichnofossil means (paleontology) A trace fossil; a fossil record that preserves some activity of an organism, but no part of the organism itself..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For example, an ichnofossil might be the preserved track an animal, or its burrow.
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