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[[Trace fossil]]s are [[Biological classification|classified]] in various ways for different purposes. Traces can be classified [[#Taxonomic classification|taxonomically]] (by morphology), [[#Ethologic classification|ethologically]] (by behavior), and [[#Toponomic classification|toponomically]], that is, according to their relationship to the surrounding sedimentary layers. OutsideExcept ofin the specialrare cases, phylogeneticwhere classificationthe original maker of a trace fossilsfossil iscan unsatisfactorybe becauseidentified thewith makersconfidence, ofphylogenetic mostclassification of trace fossils areis an unreasonable unknownproposition.

==Taxonomic classification== <!--intro links here-->