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Possible Precambrian trace fossils collected in the Van Horn region of Texas.
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Precambrian Fossils  Roy published an article about mesoproterozoic (ca. 1.25 GA) trace fossils from the Van Horn region of Texas. On this page are color and grayscale images of the fossils. In the article we made a case for these being trace...
http://geowww.geo.tcu.edu/PCfossils.html

Anthony J. Martin's extensive and comprehensive website about plant and animal trace fossils. Includes information on all aspects of studying traces fossils, the Ichnology Newsletter, Trace Fossil Image Database, a trace fossil bibliography, and links to related websites.
http://www.emory.edu/COLLEGE/ENVS/research/ichnology/

Ichnology of the Permian therapsids of South Africa.
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South African Museum Trace Fossils of the Ancient Karoo  Search trace fossils of the ancient karoo by Roger M.H. Smith South African Museum Sagittarius Volume 1, Number 3 There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps...
http://www.museums.org.za/sam/resource/palaeo/tracefos.htm

Computer model of trace fossil development through time. Part of the Computational Paleontology website.
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Virtual Ichnology  The evolution of trace fossils through geological time is an ideal model problem for experiments in Artificial Life. In a series of experiments, a community of detritus feeders were simulated in a computer. The individuals in each generation are subject...
http://www.notam02.no/~oyvindha/virtual.html

A multidisciplinary team of graduate and postgraduate researchers at the University of Alberta led by Professor S. George Pemberton working on trace fossil problems.
http://www.eas.ualberta.ca/ichnology/

Permian aged vertebrate trackway
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Geology Collection New Acquisitions Photos  Brule Fossil Trackways Trackway site Fossilized tracks Artist's model of a Permian creature...
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/backstge/collects/images/tracks.htm