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: -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-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: -Trace fossils (ichnofossils) are a record of fossil behavior and the subject of the paleontological subfield of ichnology. From: Encyclopedia of Geology (Second Edition), 2021.

Detailed explanation-5: -1. Name five kinds of trace fossils. Burrows, coprolites, tracks, trails, nests and footprints are examples of trace fossils.