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词条 Ichnotaxon
释义

  1. Definition

  2. Etymology

  3. Naming

  4. History

  5. See also

  6. References

  7. External links

An ichnotaxon (plural ichnotaxa) is defined by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature as "a taxon based on the fossilized work of an organism", that is, the non-human equivalent of an artifact.

Definition

Ichnotaxa are names used to identify and distinguish morphologically distinctive ichnofossils, more commonly known as trace fossils. They are assigned genus and species ranks by ichnologists, much like organisms in Linnaean taxonomy. These are known as ichnogenera and ichnospecies, respectively. "Ichnogenus" and "ichnospecies" are commonly abbreviated as "igen." and "isp.". The binomial names of ichnospecies and their genera are to be written in italics.

Most researchers classify trace fossils only as far as the ichnogenus rank, based upon trace fossils that resemble each other in morphology but have subtle differences. Some authors have constructed detailed hierarchies up to ichnosuperclass, recognizing such fine detail as to identify ichnosuperorder and ichnoinfraclass, but such attempts are controversial.

Etymology

Ichnotaxa comes from the Greek ίχνος, ichnos meaning track and ταξις, taxis meaning ordering.[1]

Naming

Due to the chaotic nature of trace fossil classification, several ichnogenera hold names normally affiliated with animal body fossils or plant fossils. For example, many ichnogenera are named with the suffix -phycus due to misidentification as algae.[2]

Edward Hitchcock was the first to use the now common -ichnus suffix in 1858, with Cochlichnus.[2]

History

Due to trace fossils' history of being difficult to classify, there have been several attempts to enforce consistency in the naming of ichnotaxa.

In 1961, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled that most trace fossil taxa named after 1930 would be no longer available.[3]

See also

  • Bird ichnology
  • Trace fossil classification
  • Glossary of scientific naming

References

1. ^Definition of 'ichno' at dictionary.com.
2. ^{{Cite book|isbn=9780813730271|title= Miscellanea: Supplement 1, Trace Fossils and Problematica | last1= Häntzschel | first1= Walter | editor1-last = Moore | editor1-first= Raymond C. | year= 1975 | publisher= Geological Society of America | series= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology}}
3. ^{{cite book|editor1-last=Donovan|editor1-first=Stephen K.|title=The Palaeobiology of Trace Fossils|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=0-471-94843-8|date=28 March 1994}}

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070316073952/http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/iczn/BZNMarch2004comments.htm Comments on the draft proposal to amend the Code with respect to trace fossils]
  • Trace Fossils - Kansas University Catalogue of Ichnotaxa
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