Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The branch of paleontology dealing with the study of fossilized footprints, tracks, burrows, or other traces as evidence of the activities of the organisms that produced them.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil footprints; the science of fossil footprints; the study of those animals which are known only by their footprints.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Geol.) The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun paleontology A branch of
paleontology concerned with the study oftrace fossils . It can be divided intopaleoichnology andneoichnology .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The study of trace fossils - called ichnology - is very useful for reconstructing ancient environments.
Wired Top Stories Brian Romans 2011
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The work of this international group, published in the latest issue of Geologica Acta, is the first taphonomic (fossilisation process) study done on cetacean remains combined with other paleontological disciplines such as ichnology (the study of trace fossils).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The work of this international group, published in the latest issue of Geologica Acta, is the first taphonomic (fossilisation process) study done on cetacean remains combined with other paleontological disciplines such as ichnology (the study of trace fossils).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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The work of this international group, published in the latest issue of Geologica Acta, is the first taphonomic (fossilisation process) study done on cetacean remains combined with other paleontological disciplines such as ichnology (the study of trace fossils).
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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A golobal overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time. p187-198.
Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer ReBecca Foster 2009
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A golobal overview of pterosaur ichnology: tracksite distribution in space and time. p187-198.
Archive 2009-01-01 ReBecca Foster 2009
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I read with interest Mark Roessler's article on the Hitchcock ichnology collection in the Amherst Museum of Natural History [ "Dinoscripture: The Older Testament," Dec. 3, 2009], looking for evidence that challenges "at least some of Darwin's theories," as promised in the second title.
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If he were alive today and still refused to accept the overwhelming evidence for evolution, he would have a very difficult time indeed advancing science in the field of ichnology.
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Here he pursued one of his major interests - ichnology (studies based on the discovery and analysis of burrows, tracks and trails of early mammals).
chained_bear commented on the word ichnology
"That part of palæontology which treats of fossil footprints." (OED)
September 5, 2008
mollusque commented on the word ichnology
And other traces of once living organisms, like burrows and toothmarks.
September 5, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word ichnology
Railway telegraphy term meaning "Of no importance". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 23, 2013
ruzuzu commented on the word ichnology
-- https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/white-sands-fossil-footprints
December 3, 2019