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Ichnotaxon comes from the Ancient Greek ἴχνος (íchnos) meaning "track" and English taxon, itself derived from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis) meaning "ordering". [ 1 ] Ichnotaxa are names used to identify and distinguish morphologically distinctive ichnofossils , more commonly known as trace fossils ( fossil records of lifeforms ...
The trackway Protichnites from the Cambrian, Blackberry Hill, central Wisconsin. A trace fossil, also known as an ichnofossil (/ ˈ ɪ k n oʊ f ɒ s ɪ l /; from Greek: ἴχνος ikhnos "trace, track"), is a fossil record of biological activity by lifeforms but not the preserved remains of the organism itself. [1]
Ornithichnites is an ichnotaxon of mammal footprint that was originally classified as a dinosaur. [1] The name was originally used by Edward Hitchcock in 1836 as a higher group name rather than a specific ichnogenus, [1] and thus the name does not have priority over specific ichnogeneric names even if they were first identified as Ornithichnites.
Grallator (GRA-lə-tor) is an ichnogenus (form taxon based on footprints) which covers a common type of small, three-toed print made by a variety of bipedal theropod dinosaurs. Grallator-type footprints have been found in formations dating from the Early Triassic through to the early Cretaceous periods.
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Protochirotherium, also known as Protocheirotherium (‘first hand-beast’), is a Late Permian?- Early Triassic ichnotaxon (trace fossil) consisting of five-fingered (pentadactyl) footprints and whole tracks, discovered in Germany and later Morocco, Poland and possibly also Italy.
Using footprints as objects of divination is "ichnomantic" Ichnomancy (from ichno-"track, footstep" + -mancy "method of divination") is the divination of a person's qualities (e.g., posture, position) or character (i.e., personality) by means of footprints or other such human-made tracks.
Protichnites is an ichnogenus of trace fossil consisting of the imprints made by the walking activity of certain arthropods.It consists of two rows of tracks and a medial furrow between the two rows.