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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]
The taxonomic classification of trace fossils parallels the taxonomic classification of organisms under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.In trace fossil nomenclature a Latin binomial name is used, just as in animal and plant taxonomy, with a genus and specific epithet.
Grallator ["GRA-luh-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.
Xiuningpus Temporal range: 99.7–66.043 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Trace fossil classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Dinosauria (?) Ichnogenus: † Xiuningpus Yu, 1988 Type ichnospecies † Xiuningpus xintanensis Yu, 1988 Other ichnospecies † Xiuningpus qukouensis Yu, 1988 Xiuninggpus is an extinct ichnogenus of dinosaur footprint. There are two ...
Farlowichnus is an ichnogenus of small theropod dinosaur footprint. It includes a single species, F. rapidus, known from prints found in the Early Cretaceous Botucatu Formation of Brazil. Farlowichnus is known from several fossil trackways that indicate that it was likely a cursorial animal that was well-adapted to desert environments.
Name of the Footprint The name Megalosauripus means large saurian footprints and derives historically from an archaic and generalized concept of megalosaurid dinosaurs. The name may coincidentally, but by no means certainly, imply a relationship to dinosaurs like Megalosaurus and its relatives.
The study of such fossils is known as ichnology and the footprints may be given scientific names (ichnospecies). Grallator is one example of an ichnogenus based on ichnites. Strictly speaking, an ichnospecies is the name of the trace fossil, not of the animal that made it.