摘要
目前在遗迹化石研究中存在概念不统一，内容繁杂，分类命名与实体化石混淆不分问题。本文对遗迹化石的概念、研究内容和分类命名作了论述，并提出了一个遗迹化石形态分类的新方案。
There exist some problems in the research on trace fossils at present, i. e., the concept being not unitary, content being diverse, and classified naming not coinciding with the real fossils. This paper deals mainly with concept, content, classification and naming of the trace fossils. And a new classification scheme including Grade, Category, Form, Type, Mould, and Kind in decending order for the trace fossils is put forward.
