the fossilized remains of a track, trail, footprint, burrow, etc, of an organism
Examples of 'trace fossil' in a sentence
trace fossil
All trace fossil assemblages illustrate deposition in nearshore, restricted settings.
Ezeh Sunny C., Mode Wilfred A., Ozumba Berti M. 2018, 'Characteristic trace fossils from Miocene brackish-water deposits in the Niger Delta,Nigeria', Geologoshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/logos.2018.24.issue-2/logos-2018-0011/logos-2018-0011.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Restricted marine strata comprise intertidalheteroliths with mixed freshwater and marine trace fossil assemblages,and intertidal delta distributary channel sandstones.
Sivhed, Ulf, Ahlberg, Anders, Erlström, Mikael 2003, 'The Jurassic of Denmark and Greenland: The Jurassic of Skåne, southern Sweden', Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletinhttp://www.geus.dk/publications/bull/nr1_p527-541.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)