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Trail Fossils

Trail Fossils is a type of trace fossil that records the preserved pathways or impressions left by the movement of organisms across or within sedimentary substrates, distinguished from other ichnofossils by representing locomotory behavior rather than resting, feeding, or dwelling activities.

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A giant myriapod trail from the Namurian of Arran, Scotland

Derek E. G. Briggs · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1979 · 79 citations · Full text

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Nematode fossil trails from the Green River Formation (Eocene) in the Uinta Basin, Utah

Mounir T. Moussa · Journal of Paleontology · 1970 · 73 citations

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Arthropod trace fossils from the Permian De Chelly Sandstone, northeastern Arizona

Christa J. Sadler · Journal of Paleontology · 1993 · 72 citations

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Burrows and Trails from Pennsylvanian Rocks of Texas

Carroll Lane Fenton, Mildred Adams Fenton · The American Midland Naturalist · 1937 · 70 citations

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Tracks and tools

Mary D. Leakey · Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 1981 · 67 citations

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Authors

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  1. CJ
    Christa J. Sadler

    Northern Arizona University, United States

    1 publications · 72 citations

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  2. IM
    Ian M. Miller

    Denver Museum of Nature and Science, United States

    1 publications · 28 citations

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  3. MD
    Mary D. Leakey

    Centre for Sight, India

    1 publications · 67 citations

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  4. JK
    James Kern

    San Diego State University, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. TJ
    Tony J. Prescott

    University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 17 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Northern Arizona University

    Flagstaff, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    94 citations

  2. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  4. Mongolian Academy of Sciences

    Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  5. University of Maryland, College Park

    College Park, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  6. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    159 citations

  7. Tokyo University of Science

    Tokyo, Japan

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  8. Port and Airport Research Institute

    Yokosuka, Japan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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  1. Journal of Paleontology

    4 publications · 208 citations

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  2. KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas)

    Repository · 1 publications · 31 citations

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  3. Island Arc

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 1 publications · 23 citations

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