fossils
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But fossils usually preserve only durable structures such as shells or skeletal plates.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
"There are simply too many fossils to study over one person's career. There's more than a lifetime's worth of discoveries waiting to be found."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
Soft tissue is exceptionally uncommon in fossils of early echinoderms, the larger animal group that includes crinoids and starfish.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
The invertebrate paleontology collections overseen by Drs. Cole and Wright at the Oklahoma Museum of Natural History contain more than a million specimens, and additional fossils are added every year.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
This from a guy who spends his days carving fossils out of sandstone using a chisel and a paintbrush.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
