A trace fossil is a footprint or burrow left by an ancient creature. Find a trace fossil.
It records behaviour rather than anatomy, which no bone can do. A trace fossil can show that an animal ran, hunted in a group or dragged its tail.
1nountrace fossilA footprint or burrow left by an ancient creature.
“The trace fossil was a set of prints crossing an old shore.”
trace fossil is a fossil.
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