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. [tier=gold indep_score=0.925 clusters=4 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- 2026 in paleontology (wikipedia)
- https://home.nps.gov/subjects/fossils/about-fossils.htm (corroboration)
- https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Fossil (corroboration)
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7093436/ (corroboration)
- https://fossil.fandom.com/wiki/Trace_fossil (corroboration)