For example, an ichnofossil might be the preserved track an animal, or its burrow.
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Ichnofossil
//ˈɪknəʊˌfɒsəl//
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Suites of taphonomic factors that influence body fossils and ichnofossils are clearly not identical. Nonetheless, without too much twisting, ichnofossil-lagerstätten can be placed into the same genetic categories.
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The only abundant ichnofossils are large and inclined structures in La Cancha Bed (Profile K), interpreted as mammal burrows.
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Changes in the preservational environment in the thousands or millions of years between the creation of each set of prints results in these different forms of ichnofossil.
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