Most common trace fossils can be classified by the behavior which
formed them and are not named by the species that made them.
Behavioral Categorization
Cubichnia | when an organism in motion comes to rest leaving an impression of the organism's underside on the substrate | |
Domichnia | an organisms dwelling space, found within beds not on the surface | |
Fugichnia | an organism's trace of escape from their dwelling because of burial or to preserve the use of the burrow, found within beds | |
Repichnia | an organism in motion leaving a crawling trace, mostly found on the substrate | |
Paschichnia | an organism leaving a trace of how it was grazing over the sediment for food, commonly found on the substrate | |
Agrichnia | network of intricate dwelling burrows which acted as a "garden" for food production, found as positive relief on the underside of a bedding plane | |
Fodichnia | traces left by deposit feeders, 3D horizontal burrows found within the substrate |