Foot prints, trails, tracks and tunnels of various organisms made in mud are rapidly filled in with sand and covered by sediments. This is an example of which of the following types of fossil?
A
Petrified fossil
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B
Impressions
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C
Imprints
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D
Coprolites
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Solution
The correct option is C Impressions Impressions are two-dimensional imprints of an organism that doesn't contain any organic material. An impression is a clue left of the organism's biological activity, they can be formed while the organism was moving or any other biological activity. So the correct option is 'Impressions'.