Climactichnites is an enigmatic, Cambrian fossil formed on or within sandy tidal flats around 510 million years ago. It has been interpreted in many different ways in the past, but is now thought to b
Climactichnites Todd Gass 3
Climactichnites burrow Todd Gass 1
A trace fossil, also called an ichnofossil, is a fossil record of biological activity by lifeforms, but not the preserved remains of the organism itself. Trace fossils contrast with body fossils, whic
Chirotherium footprints in a Triassic sandstone
The trackway Protichnites from the Cambrian, Blackberry Hill, central Wisconsin
Cross-section of mammoth footprints at The Mammoth Site, Hot Springs, South Dakota
Mesolimulus walchi fossil and track, a rare example of tracks and the creature that made them fossilized together