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Behaviors recorded by traces (ethology)

Where traces occur in rock beds (stratinomy, toponomy)

Ichnofacies

Other types of traces (borings, excrement, rooting)

Bioturbation intensity and ichnofabric

Some Kentucky trace fossils

References cited

 

 

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