Paleontology examines burrows and cast-off parts of organisms (such as molted shells) as forms of fossil evidence.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by NPS, academic encyclopedic sources, and peer-reviewed literature on ichnology; well-established concept of trace fossils including burrows and molts.
Sources
- 2026 in paleontology (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://home.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/about-fossils.htm (home.nps.gov)
- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fossil (newworldencyclopedia.org)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093436/ (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://fossil.fandom.com/wiki/Trace_fossil (fossil.fandom.com)