GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Trace fossils record the activities of organisms. Tracks, burrows, eggshells, nests, tooth marks, gastroliths (gizzard stones), and coprolites (fossil feces) are examples of trace fossils or ichnofossils. Trace fossils represent activities that occurred while the animal was alive.

Detailed explanation-2: -Evidence of Life Trace fossils are “prints and poop"-evidence of a living thing’s interaction with its environment, without any part of the actual organism. Footprints, trackways, swim traces, burrows or dens, root traces, and even coprolites (fossil feces) are examples of trace fossils.

Detailed explanation-3: -Trace fossil – Trace fossils are traces or marks left behind by an organism that capture its behavior and activities, such as crawling along the sea floor, digging (or burrowing), feeding, and even pooping! Dinosaur footprints and worm burrows are examples of trace fossils, as are coprolites (fossil dung or feces).