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An ichnofossil, of ichnogenus †Chirotherium

From ichno- +‎ fossil.

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɪknəʊˌfɒsəl/

ichnofossil (plural ichnofossils)

(paleontology) A trace fossil; a fossil record that preserves some activity of an organism, but no part of the organism itself.
For example, an ichnofossil might be the preserved track an animal, or its burrow.
- 2007, Charles E. Savrda, “6: Taphonomy of Trace Fossils”, in William Miller, III, editor, Trace Fossils, Elsevier, page 106:
  Suites of taphonomic factors that influence body fossils and ichnofossils are clearly not identical. Nonetheless, without too much twisting, ichnofossil-lagerstätten can be placed into the same genetic categories.
- 2010, Eduardo S. Bellosi et al., “21: Ichnofacies Examination of the Sarmiento Formation”, in R. H. Madden, A. A. Carlini, M. G. Vucetich, R. F. Kay, editors, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca, Cambridge University Press, page 313:
  The only abundant ichnofossils are large and inclined structures in La Cancha Bed (Profile K), interpreted as mammal burrows.