palichnologyn.
/ˌpalɪkˈnɒlədʒi/, /ˌpeɪlɪkˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌpeɪlɪkˈnɑlədʒi/ Palaeontology.
= palaeoichnology n.
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1954 Biol. Abstr. 28 2467/2 Palichnology is the study of the marking on rocks usually referred to as ‘trails’.
1963 D. V. Ager Princ. Paleoecol. vii. 105 The study [of trace fossils] has become almost a science on its own (ichnology, or palichnology).
1965 Science 5 Feb. 593/2 The special flavour of paleoecology is best illustrated by Seilacher's ingenious chapter on palichnology, the study of fossil tracks, wiggles, and burrows.
1973 Jrnl. Sedimentary Petrol. 43 9/1 Ichnology—the overall study of traces made by organisms, including their description, classification, and interpretation. Divisions include palichnology (= paleoichnology) for fossil traces, and neoichnology for recent ones.
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palichˈnologist n.
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1964 Science 16 Oct. 387/1 Most interesting are his excellent underwater photographs, showing tracked surfaces..which palichnologists would probably classify as most likely shelf features.
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