trace fossil
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As happens in the world of fossilized tracks where no bones exist, paleontologists gave the trackways a specific trace fossil name, Rivavipes giganteus, meaning “the footprint of a giant bird on the river.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
Researchers also assigned to crocodile tracks a trace fossil genus and species, Anticusuchipes amnis, which roughly translates as “ancient river crocodile footprint.”
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2023
He found that a trace fossil left by a prehistoric crocodile “was repeatedly driven over,” resulting in fractures.
From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022
Eubrontes trace fossil from Utah, showing the geopetal direction is into the image.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
