Tracks are fossilized footprints that ancient animals left in soft materials. ... (Photograph courtesy of the Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources).
Teaching Sedimentary Geology in the 21st Century
As with all other trace fossils, tracks and trails also tell more about the organism's behavior rather than the organism itself. These are typically formed when an ...
Other fossils, which are also evidence of past organisms, include leaf impressions, tracks and trails, burrows, droppings, and root casts. Microfossils are the ...
We have all observed animal tracks or trails in modern environments. But how can such tracks be ...
Further, entirely different organisms may produce identical tracks.
Trace fossils or ichnofossils are indirect evidence of the behavior and activities of past life. Trace fossil examples include tracks and trails, borings and burrows, ...
Reptile tracks ( above) are trace fossils found on some National Forest
In 2016, Norwegian geology professor, Allan Krill, was hiking with his
Trace Fossils (fossil tracks and trails). Trace fossils are the tracks, trails, borings, etc. left behind by ancient organisms, rather than parts of the ...