lithichnozoa

pl. [Gr. lithos a stone; ichnos a track, a footstep, and zõa, pl. of zoon a living creature.] Palæont .: The fo il footprints and other tracks, impre ions, or traces of any kind left by animals now pa ed away. Prof. Hitch cock cla ifies them into impre ions left (1) by Marsupial i a, ( a ) Canoid (dog-like), (6) Ornithoid (bird-like), (c) Loricoid, with bony scales; (2) Pachydactylous, left by thick tood birds; (3) Leptodactylous, by narrow-toed birds; (4) by Batrachians; (5) by Lizards; (6) by Chelonians; (7) by Fishes; (8) by Insects; (9) by Crustaceans; (10) by Myriapods; and (11) by Annelids. [FOOTPRINT, WORM TRACK.] lith-1-o-nite, s. [Ger. lithion, lith on =lithia; suff -ite ( Min.); Ger. lith i on it.] Min.: The same as LEPIDOLITE (q. v.).