ichnotaxon.
A grouping, analogous to a biological taxon, used to classify footprints, burrows or other trace fossils, and hence, indirectly, the organisms that might have produced them.
Meaning & usage
A grouping, analogous to a biological taxon, used to classify footprints, burrows or other trace fossils, and hence, indirectly, the organisms that might have produced them.
Ichnotaxa are names used to identify and distinguish morphologically distinctive ichnofossils, more commonly known as trace fossils. The binomial names of ichnospecies and their genera are to be written in italics.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́χνος (ĭ́khnos)der. English ichno- English taxon English ichnotaxon From ichno- + taxon.
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