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The 23 pages that link to Trace fossil, each with the reason it gives.

• FossilBroader topic: It records behavior rather than the organism's body.

• PaleontologyBroader topic: Behavior can be studied even when an organism's body is absent.

• TaphonomyCompared with: Traces preserve behavior rather than the organism’s body remains.

• Cambrian explosionBroader topic: Burrows and tracks reveal behavioral changes not captured by body fossils alone.

• Fossil recordBroader topic: Traces preserve behavior even when an organism's body is absent.

• PaleoecologyBroader topic: Traces record behavior and habitat use even when bodies are absent.

• FossilizationRelated: Tracks and burrows preserve behavior without preserving the organism’s body.

• BioturbationRelated: Burrows and other traces can preserve past bioturbation after the organisms are gone.

• Dinosaur paleontologyBroader topic: Tracks and other traces reveal dinosaur behavior without preserving body parts.

• LagerstätteCompared with: Trace fossils record behavior, while Lagerstätten are often recognized for abundant or unusually preserved remains.

• Ediacaran biotaCompared with: Trace fossils record behavior rather than the body impressions dominating many Ediacaran sites.

• Index fossilCompared with: Trace fossils can aid correlation, but their producers may be harder to identify precisely.

• Mesozoic Marine RevolutionRelated: Bite marks and drill holes reveal ecological interactions absent from body fossils.

• BilateriaNarrower topic: Early burrows can reveal bilaterian behavior even when bodies did not fossilize.

• Laetoli footprintsNarrower topic: Footprints are trace fossils: evidence of movement without preserved trackmakers’ bodies.

• Mary LeakeyNarrower topic: The Laetoli trail records movement rather than preserving hominin bones.

• Fossil collectingBroader topic: Collecting traces requires recognizing evidence that is not a body fossil.

• PaleoenvironmentRelated: Traces record organism behavior and substrate conditions even without body fossils.

• CoproliteNarrower topic: Coprolites are trace fossils produced by digestion and defecation.

• MudstoneRelated: Mudstone can preserve burrows and other traces made on soft sediment.

• KimberellaNarrower topic: Kimberella’s traces provide behavioral evidence that body fossils alone cannot supply.

• Ground slothRelated: Trackways provide evidence of ground sloth movement independent of skeletal fossils.

• MerycoidodontoideaNarrower topic: Tracks and other traces can complement oreodont body fossils in reconstructing behavior.