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trace fossils

Fossilized evidence of animal behavior, also known as ichnofossils, biogenic sedimentary structures, bioerosion structures, or lebensspuren. The fossils include burrows, trails, and trackways created by animals in unconsolidated sediment, as well as borings, gnawings, raspings, and scrapings excavated by organisms in harder materials, such as rock, shell, bone, or wood. Some workers also consider coprolites (fossilized feces), regurgitation pellets, burrow excavation pellets, rhizoliths (plant root penetration structures), and algal stromatolites to be trace fossils.

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