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Re: Footprints -Reply
In a message dated 95-12-12 09:50:28 EST, WHITMOREJ@cedarnet.cedarville.edu
(John H. Whitmore) writes:
>It is true. Trace fossils, tracks, burrows, etc., all are given scientific
>names different from their maker. Often the maker is not known with
>certain identity.
And I'm pretty sure that, if the maker is known, its body-fossil name gets
priority over its trace-fossil name even if coined later.