A fossil footprint; the footprint of an animal preserved in a rock.
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1854 D. PageIntrod. Text-bk. Geol. x. 88 These fossil footprints, termed ichnites..found at Corncockle Muir in Dumfriesshire, at Storeton in Cheshire..and many other places.
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