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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(chiefly in the plural) The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil..
In the Ediacaran mortichnia, however, the traces are always in front of the death mask, as seen in the perfect mortichnium from Russia.
One of the most extravagant examples of mortichnia was described from the same limestone in Solnhofen, Bavaria. This trace fossil captured the last minutes of a horseshoe crab’s life when it tumbled to the bottom of a lagoon.
Use mortichnium when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mortichnium means (chiefly in the plural) The trail or trace left by a dying animal, especially as preserved in a fossil..
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In the Ediacaran mortichnia, however, the traces are always in front of the death mask, as seen in the perfect mortichnium from Russia.
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