痕迹化石，又称生痕化石、踪迹化石、遗迹化石，是指保存在地层中的远古生物活动的遗迹和遗物，属于古生物化石的一种，是遗迹学主要的研究对象。远古生物活动的遗迹包括钻迹、移迹、足迹等，如生物挖掘的潜穴、低等动物爬行时留下的移迹、高等动物留下的足迹等。遗物包括远古生物的排泄物、代谢物、生殖物，甚至古人类所用的石器，如粪化石、胃石、蛋等。
另见
- 实体化石
- 模铸化石
- 层叠石
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外部链接
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090416063931/http://www.peripatus.gen.nz/paleontology/trafos.html Encyclopaedia-style article about trace fossils]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080914223236/http://www.envs.emory.edu/faculty/MARTIN/ichnology/images.htm Ichnogenus images]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121201000325/http://www3.wooster.edu/geology/bioerosion/bioerosion.html Bioerosion Website] at The College of Wooster
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090220001455/http://www.wooster.edu/geology/bioerosion/BioerosionBiblio.pdf Comprehensive bioerosion bibliography compiled by Mark A. Wilson]
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