GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Ichnofossils, also known as trace fossils, are geological records of the activities and behaviors of past life. Some examples include rock evidence of nests, burrows, footprints, and scat. These fossils are different from body fossils that preserve the actual remains of a body such as shells or bones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Preserved footprints, also known as ichnites, are a type of trace fossil and a window into the lives of dinosaurs. They formed in the same way our footprints do when walking on soft ground like mud.

Detailed explanation-3: -The four types of trace fossils are tracks and trails (footprints), burrows and bores (worm holes), gastroliths (stomach stones), and coprolites (fossilized feces).

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of trace fossils are tracks, trails, burrows, borings, gnawings, eggs, nests, gizzard stones, and dung.

Detailed explanation-5: -A fossil track or ichnite (Greek “” (ichnion) – a track, trace or footstep) is a fossilized footprint. This is a type of trace fossil. A fossil trackway is a sequence of fossil tracks left by a single organism.