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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ICHNOFOSSIL

From Greek ikhnos footprint, track + -ite1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ICHNOFOSSIL

ichnofossil  [ˈɪknəʊˌfɒsəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ICHNOFOSSIL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ichnofossil is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ICHNOFOSSIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ichnofossil

Trace fossil

Trace fossils, also called ichnofossils, are geological records of biological activity. Trace fossils may be impressions made on the substrate by an organism: for example, burrows, borings, urolites, footprints and feeding marks, and root cavities. The term in its broadest sense also includes the remains of other organic material produced by an organism — for example coprolites or chemical markers — or sedimentological structures produced by biological means - for example, stromatolites. Trace fossils contrast with body fossils, which are the fossilized remains of parts of organisms' bodies, usually altered by later chemical activity or mineralization. Sedimentary structures, for example those produced by empty shells rolling along the sea floor, are not produced through the behaviour of an organism and not considered trace fossils. The study of traces is called ichnology, which is divided into paleoichnology, or the study of trace fossils, and neoichnology, the study of modern traces. This science is challenging, as most traces reflect the behaviour — not the biological affinity — of their makers.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ICHNOFOSSIL


aglossal
əˈɡlɒsəl
apostle
əˈpɒsəl
colossal
kəˈlɒsəl
dossal
ˈdɒsəl
dossel
ˈdɒsəl
duniewassal
ˌduːnɪˈwɒsəl
dunniewassal
ˌduːnɪˈwɒsəl
fossil
ˈfɒsəl
glossal
ˈɡlɒsəl
hypoglossal
ˌhaɪpəˈɡlɒsəl
isoglossal
ˌaɪsəˈɡlɒsəl
jostle
ˈdʒɒsəl
macrofossil
ˈmækrəʊˌfɒsəl
microfossil
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɒsəl
nonfossil
ˌnɒnˈfɒsəl
opisthoglossal
əˌpɪsθəˌɡlɒsəl
paraglossal
ˌpærəˈɡlɒsəl
subfossil
ˈsʌbˌfɒsəl
supercolossal
ˌsuːpərkəˈlɒsəl
throstle
ˈθrɒsəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ICHNOFOSSIL

ich-laut
ichabod
Ichang
ichneumon
ichneumon fly
ichneumon wasp
ichnite
ichnographic
ichnographical
ichnographically
ichnography
ichnolite
ichnological
ichnology
ichor
ichorous
ichthyic
ichthyocolla
ichthyodorulite
ichthyofauna

WORDS THAT END LIKE ICHNOFOSSIL

basil
brasil
chesil
derived fossil
dossil
fusil
index fossil
living fossil
mofussil
Musil
pensil
reworked fossil
scissil
sweet basil
tahsil
tonsil
trace fossil
utensil
Yggdrasil
zone fossil

Synonyms and antonyms of ichnofossil in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ichnofossil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ICHNOFOSSIL

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Translator English - Chinese

ichnofossil
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Translator English - Spanish

icnofósil
570 millions of speakers

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ichnofossil
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Translator English - Hindi

ichnofossil
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ichnofossil
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ichnofossil
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ichnofossil
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Ichnofossil
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ichnofossil
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ichnofossil
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ichnofossil
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Translator English - Javanese

Ichnofossil
85 millions of speakers
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ichnofossil
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ichnofossil
75 millions of speakers

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इचिनोफोस्ली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İknofosil
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ichnofossil
65 millions of speakers

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ichnofossil
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ichnofossil
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ichnofossil
30 millions of speakers
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ichnofossil
15 millions of speakers
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ichnofossil
14 millions of speakers
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ichnofossil
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

ichnofossil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ichnofossil

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ICHNOFOSSIL»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ICHNOFOSSIL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ichnofossil

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ICHNOFOSSIL»

Discover the use of ichnofossil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ichnofossil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sedimentary Dynamics and Stratinomy of a Middle Cambrian ...
The ichnofossil Rusophycus is the product of a typical behavior of trilobites, but is only preserved under unique conditions.
Jayme Day Csonka, 2009
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Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects
In containing more paleobiological or paleoenvironmental information than normal, deposits characterized by unusually high ichnologic fidelity and/or trace fossil visibility can be regarded as ichnofossil-lagerstätten (Savrda and Ozalas, 1993; ...
William Miller, III, 2011
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Human origin sites and the World Heritage Convention in ...
They provide the most important ichnofossil evidence today of our ancestor's positional behaviors during the Pliocene. In the past 15 years the prints have been meticulously conserved in what may seem to have been an experimental and ...
Unesco, 1972
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Ichnology: Organism-Substrate Interactions in Space and Time
(1985) distinguished concentration and conservation deposits, and divided the latter into obrution and stagnation deposits, these being the categories that can be easily translated into ichnofossil-lagerstätten. Concentration lagerstätten are ...
Luis A. Buatois, M. Gabriela Mángano, 2011
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Current Developments in Bioerosion
Micro-bioerosion. in. volcanic. glass: extending. the. ichnofossil. record. to. Archaean. basaltic. crust. Nicola McLoughlin1, Harald Furnes1, Neil R. Banerjee2, Hubert Staudigel3, Karlis Muehlenbachs4, Maarten de Wit5, Martin J. Van ...
Max Wisshak, Leif Tapanila, 2008
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Atlas of Deep-Water Outcrops: AAPG Studies in Geology 56
The Cruziana ichnofossil assemblage is generally thought to occur within the sublittoral-submarine zone at water ... by the mixed and Nereites ichnofossil assemblages (indicating a more restrictive environment and low organic productivity, ...
Tor H. Nilsen, Roger D. Shew, Gary Scott Steffens, 2008
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Ordovician of the World
ICHNOFOSSIL DATA Romao et al. (2010) mentioned the occurrence of Cruziana cf. omanica (sic) and Cruziana? barbatarugosa (sic) in the base of the Armorican Quartzite of the Amendoa-Carvoeiro synform, located in the southern Central ...
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Marco, Isabel Rábano, Diego García-Bellido, 2011
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Rapport:
Ichnofossil Zone II. Early Tommotian. Contains the first appearance of more complex and deeper burrowing ichnogenera (e.g. Bergaueria, Diplocraterion, Phy- codes, Teichichnus, Treptichnus). All ichnogenera occur in younger strata.
Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse, 1990
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Applications of ichnology to petroleum exploration: a core ...
The fifteen recognized ichnogenera with their associated non-descript structures and textures have been observed to occur in eight distinct ichnofossil associations. Each ichnofossil association is comprised of a number of ichnogenera .
S. George Pemberton, 1992
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The Triassic-Jurassic terrestrial transition
We assign the SGDS invertebrate ichnofossil assemblage to the Scoyenia ichnofacies because it is characterized by horizontal, lined feeding burrows, unlined feeding burrows, vertical cylindrical to in'egular shafts, and is associated with ...
Jerry D. Harris, 2006

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ICHNOFOSSIL»

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Cryptozoon – In Search of the “Hidden Life”
In fact Oldhamia is not a true fossil, despite being somehow organic in origin - Oldhamia is today reclassified as an ichnofossil, feeding tracks ... «Scientific American, May 14»
2
On the Track of Ichnology
... ichnofossil character of these ancient burrows of some still unknown organisms was recognized and the modern term Chondrites adopted. «Scientific American, Oct 11»
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Dwejra rock surface damaged but biodiversity not impacted
However, they noted: “The damage to irreplaceable fossil and ichnofossil features (whether such damage was caused by filming and ancillary ... «Times of Malta, Jan 11»

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