ichnotaxon
ichnotaxon noun: 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.
Noun
ichnotaxon (plural ichnotaxa)
- 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.
- It is important to note here that exactly the same ichnotaxon co-occurs with phosphatized soft-tissues in schizodont bivalves of the same age (Klug et al., 2005).2007, Christian Klug et al., “10: Soft-tissue Attachment of Middle Triassic Ceratitida from Germany”, in Neil H. Landman, Richard Arnold Davis, Royal H. Mapes, editors, Cephalopods Present and Past...
Forms of ichnotaxon
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Origin of ichnotaxon
From ichno- + taxon.
Words formed from ichnotaxon
Questions about ichnotaxon
- What does ichnotaxon mean?
- Ichnotaxon means 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.
- What part of speech is ichnotaxon?
- Ichnotaxon is a noun.
- What is the plural of ichnotaxon?
- The plural of ichnotaxon is ichnotaxa.
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