Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichnospecies

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ich-nospecies
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A level of taxonomical classification of trace fossils.

Example Sentences

"There is certainly little discussion of distinctive features that warrant the establishment of new ichnospecies. In short, the ichnospecies labels are something of a compromise. By this we mean that the use of familiar ichnogenera (Grallator, Eubrontes, and Batrachopus) acknowledges similarity, whereas the use of new ichnospecies names conveys the suggestion that the track assemblages are distinct in some way."
"Oldhamia encompasses six ichnospecies, O. alata, O. antiqua, O. curvata, O. flabellata, O. geniculata, and O. radiata, all of them present in lower Cambrian rocks, with a few ichnospecies persisting into the middle Cambrian (Fig. 3.5) (Seilacher et al. 2005; Herbosch and Verniers 2011; Jensen et al. 2013)."
"A recent paper by a team from Brazil described a new ichnospecies of these tracks: Brasilichnium saltatorium."

Etymology

From ichno- (“trace”) + species, suggesting an analogy with the species level of the taxonomy of organisms.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ichno

Frequently Paired Words

ichnofamily ichnogenus ichnology ichnotaxon ichnotaxonomy

Questions

What does ichnospecies mean?: A level of taxonomical classification of trace fossils.
Where does ichnospecies come from?: From ichno- (“trace”) + species, suggesting an analogy with the species level of the taxonomy of organisms.

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