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ichnotaxa

ichnotaxa is the plural of ichnotaxon.

Meaning of ichnotaxon

Noun

ichnotaxon (plural ichnotaxa)

  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.
    • 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.

Questions about ichnotaxa

What is ichnotaxa the plural of?
Ichnotaxa is the plural of ichnotaxon.

Words near ichnotaxa in the dictionary

  1. ichnomorphotype
  2. ichnomorphotypes
  3. ichnosite
  4. ichnosites
  5. ichnospecies
  6. ichnotaxa
  7. ichnotaxobase
  8. ichnotaxobases
  9. ichnotaxon
  10. ichnotaxonomic
  11. ichnotaxonomical

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