GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Trace fossils are marks left by an animal or plant that has made an impression. These fossils include nests, burrows, footprints or any other markings of the animal’s time on the earth. The structure of the animal or plant remains as a mineral form.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Eggs and nests are called indirect fossils because they are not real (direct) parts of the organism that produced them. However, only the nests must be regarded as trace fossils.

Detailed explanation-5: -Occasionally, the footprints, eggs, nests, and dung of ancient creatures are turned into fossils. These fossils are known as trace fossils, because they are traces (signs) of an animal’s life, rather than fossilized parts of its body.