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In the following you can learn the very basics of ichnology, the stuff you will need to know, no matter if you are an interested hobby collector or a full-time scientist. It is, however, only the very basics. If you would like to know more, there are some books on the market which I can highly recommend for further studies. Hopefully, you will be able to find them in a library near you:
- Bromley, R. G. (1996) - One of the first comprehensive books about ichnology. A few years old now, but still very good to read! The book mainly focuses on the behaviour of animals (how they live and how they do certain things during their lifetime). There also are translations available into German and Chinese. Very usefull is the glossary at the end of the book. This will have to be good enough until Richard G. BROMLEY, Andrew K. RINDSBERG and Lothar H. VALLON will publish an updated version in the forthcoming Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology.
- Seilacher, A. (2007) - Does not so much describe the basics of ichnology but rather gives guidelines how trace fossils have to be read and interpreted. Very good emmendmend of Bromley (1996).
- Buatois, L. & Mángano, M. G. (2011) - Also a very good introduction book. A bit more up to date than Bromley (1996). The two authors focus more on the sedimentary environments trace fossils have been produced in than Bromley (1996) and therefore is perhaps a bit more valuable for sedimentologists than palaeontologists.
- Knaust, D, & Bromley, R. G. (2012) - Is a compiliation of scientific articles. Some of them describe a quite narrow field of ichnology and it is a very expensive book. It therefore is perhaps not the best to start your ichnological journey with. However, the introductional chapters are informative and again a tiny, tiny bit more up to date than Buatois & Mángano (2011).
You don’t want to go to a library? All right then, click on the following links or just here to bring you one step further...
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