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Trace fossil is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TRACE FOSSIL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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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.

Definition of trace fossil in the English dictionary

The definition of trace fossil in the dictionary is the fossilized remains of a track, trail, footprint, burrow, etc, of an organism.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRACE FOSSIL

tracasserie
trace
trace element
traceability
traceable
traceableness
traceably
traceless
tracelessly
tracer
tracer bullet
traceried
traceries
tracery
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trachea
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tracheal
trachearian
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WORDS THAT END LIKE TRACE FOSSIL

derived fossil
dossil
fossil
ichnofossil
index fossil
living fossil
macrofossil
microfossil
mofussil
nonfossil
reworked fossil
scissil
subfossil
zone fossil

Synonyms and antonyms of trace fossil in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «trace fossil» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRACE FOSSIL

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The translations of trace fossil from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trace fossil» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

遗迹化石
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

traza fósil
570 millions of speakers

English

trace fossil
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रेस जीवाश्म
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الأحفوري أثر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

след ископаемого
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

traço fóssil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফসিল ট্রেস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trace fossile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jejak fosil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spurenfossil
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

生痕化石
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

추적 화석
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nglacak fosil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

theo dõi hóa thạch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புதைகுழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रेस जीवाश्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iz fosili
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

traccia fossile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ślad kopalnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

след викопного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urme fosile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ίχνος ορυκτών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spoor fossiel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

trace fossil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sporfossil
5 millions of speakers

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRACE FOSSIL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRACE FOSSIL»

Discover the use of trace fossil in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trace fossil and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trace Fossil Analysis
Seilacher's Trace Fossil Analysis is designed to foster interpretative skills using the author's own iconic drawings. They are thematically grouped in 75 plates that form the core for the descriptive text and annotated references.
Adolf Seilacher, 2007
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Trace Fossils: Concepts, Problems, Prospects
This book serves as an up-to-date introduction, as well as overview to modern trace fossil research and covers nearly all of the essential aspects of modern ichnology.
William Miller, III, 2011
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Trace Fossils: Biology, Taphonomy and Applications
10.1 Terminology of trace fossil associations 10.1.1 Trace fossil assemblage This is the basic collective term, embracing all the trace fossils occurring within a single unit of rock. The term is equivalent to the assemblage of body fossils (e.g. ...
Richard Granville Bromley, 1996
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Trace Fossils: Biology, Taxonomy and Applications
This updated edition includes an appendix of criteria for the identification of ichnotaxa and covers all aspects of tiering, trace fossil diversity and ichnoguilds.
Bromley, Richard G. (Geological Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark), 2012
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Applied Sedimentology
Important works on ichnology include those by Crimes and Harper (1970, 1977), Frey (1975), Hantzschel (1975), Gall (1983), Brenchley (1990), and Bromley ( 1990). An individual morphological type of trace fossil is termed an ichnogenus.
Richard C. Selley, 2000
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The Application of Ichnology to Palaeoenvironmental and ...
Trace fossil distribution in lacustrine deltas: examples from the Triassic rift lakes of the Ischigualasto-Villa Union basin, Argentina RICARDO N. MELCHOR Consejo Nacional de Inyestigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas ( CONICET) & Uniyersidad ...
D. McIlroy, 2004
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Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe
CAVE ART TO FORENSICS: THE SIGNATURE OF MODERN HUMANITY A strong argument can be put forward that cave art is a type of trace fossil. In a literal sense the word "trace" originates from the old French trac. meaning "to draw.
M. G. Lockley, Christian Meyer, 2013
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Trace Fossils: Stromatolite, Trace Fossil, Beacon Sandstone, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2010
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Neoproterozoic Geobiology and Paleobiology
A better understanding of the Ediacaran trace fossil record is therefore of great interest because the complexity of trace fossils may tell us something about the complexity of their producers. For example, Ediacaran imprints of arthropod-type  ...
Shuhai Xiao, Alan Jay Kaufman, 2007
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Origin and Early Evolution of the Metazoa
In some cases, the trace fossil closely reflects the shape of the animal which produced it. This is true of the trilobite resting traces (Rusophycus) and is beautifully illustrated in material from the Upper Cambrian of the Holy Cross Mountains, ...
Jere H. Lipps, Philip W. Signor, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRACE FOSSIL»

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Why Early Triassic Swimming Reptile Fossil Tracks Preserved So Well
Fossil "swim tracks," a type of vertebrate trace fossil gaining recognition in the field of paleontology, is made by various tetrapods (four-footed land-living ... «Science 2.0, Mar 15»
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How were fossil tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles so …
A type of vertebrate trace fossil gaining recognition in the field of paleontology is that made by various tetrapods (four-footed land-living vertebrates) as they ... «Phys.Org, Feb 15»
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Mars Fossils? Curiosity Rover Team Questions Report on Potential …
Scientists on the Curiosity team have brought into question a recent report about potential trace fossils in the NASA Mars rover's images of the Gillespie rock ... «Yahoo News, Jan 15»
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Fossilized In Brazil: The Impact From Dinosaur Urine On Sand
Last week, researchers from Brazil published an article in the Journal of South American Earth Sciences updating the world on the state of dinosaur trace fossils ... «Popular Science, Dec 14»
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Lecture on Dinosaur Trace Fossils, Evolution Kicks Off UA's ALLELE …
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Anthony Martin, honors program coordinator and professor of practice at Emory College of Arts and Sciences, will present “Dinosaurs ... «UA News, Sep 14»
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Proof of life: Reevaluating oldest known Archean trace fossil for …
(Phys.org) —In the hunt for early life, geobiologists seek evidence of ancient microbes in the form of trace fossils – geological records of biological activity ... «Phys.Org, Jun 14»
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Tapeworm-Like Fossil Suggests Origins of Left and Right
A puzzling fossil find from the Ediacaran period, an era that occurred more than ... that Plexus ricei was not, in fact, a trace fossil (fossil of an organism's path), but ... «LiveScience.com, Jun 14»
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Plexus Ricei: New Fossil Organism From The Edicacaran Period
"In the Ediacaran we really need to know the difference between the fossils of actual tubular organisms and trace fossils because if the fossil we are looking at is ... «Science 2.0, May 14»
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Picking over the traces
The trace fossils of these early creatures evolved only as they did, over hundreds of thousands of years. The same goes for those left by early hominids, but with ... «The Economist, Apr 14»
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Book review: 'Dinosaurs Without Bones: Dinosaur Lives Revealed …
Such coprolites are well known in the fossil record, and a handful of paleontologists ... Happily, the grossest trace fossil remains a paleontological theoretical. «Dallas Morning News, Mar 14»

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