(paleontology) A branch of ichnology concerned with the study of trace fossils preserved in ancient rocks.
1984 The evolutionary aspect of ecology which has started to develop due to studies of trace fossils will stay long the privilege of paleoichnology - Palaeontology: Proceedings of the 27th International Geological Congress -- Invited Papers, Volume 2 - International Geological Congress
2003Paleoichnology is their historic equivalent - the study of ichnological evidence of animals of the past - Starring T. Rex: Dinosaur Mythology and Popular Culture - Jose Louis Sanz
