Definition of trace fossil
: a fossil (as of a dinosaur footprint) that shows the activity of an animal or plant but is not formed from the organism itself
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These particular trace fossils consist of up to 12 parallel scratches, and had been thought to be connected to a trilobite but the evidence was never strong enough, Geggel reports.
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1956
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