ornithichnology
noun
- Edward Hitchcock's name for the branch of paleontology concerned with "ornithichnites" or fossil footprints of birds
Wiktionary
noun
Etymology: From ornitho- + ichnology.
- The branch of science that deals with ornithichnites (fossilised bird footprints).
“Ornithichnology; or Description of the Footmarks of Birds”