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ichnotaxon

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, taxonomy

Examples

  • 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.

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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́χνος (ĭ́khnos)der. English ichno- English taxon English ichnotaxon From ichno- + taxon.