noun. The branch of paleontology dealing with the study of fossilized footprints, tracks, burrows, or other traces as evidence of the activities of the organisms that produced them.

noun. That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil footprints; the science of fossil footprints; the study of those animals which are known only by their footprints.

noun. The branch of science which treats of fossil footprints.

noun. A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils. It can be divided into paleoichnology and neoichnology.

"The study of trace fossils - called ichnology - is very useful for reconstructing ancient environments."

ichneumon  ichnogram  

ichnologic  ichnological  ichnologist