AMMONITE TRACE FOSSIL

This is a particularly fetching trace fossil of an ammonite.

Trace fossils or ichnofossils are burrows, footprints, tracks or even faeces left behind by plants and animals that lived long ago. 

Animals may have scurried across a muddy exposure or sea bottom, perhaps eaten a tasty meal then pooped it out — leaving behind clues to how they lived, what they ate and what the environment was like at the time. These are wonderfully informative clues to our ancient world.