fossilization
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The fossil belongs to Dendrocrinus simcoensis and preserves its tube feet, delicate structures that almost never survive fossilization.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026
For decades, scientists generally assumed that fossilization destroyed the original organic molecules once present in bones, teeth, and other tissues.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
Small animals are generally more difficult to find in the fossil record because their fragile bones are less likely to survive the fossilization process.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
This is a natural fossilization process in which minerals in groundwater precipitate out of the water and accumulate around the organic material.
From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024
Again there is a sort of mental fossilization which we find in folk-lore and the deep-lying irrational superstitions and prejudices that still survive among modern civilized people.
From A Short History of the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing fossilization
Evolutionary BIology - Evidence of Common Ancestry and Diversity - Middle School
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Paleontology - High School
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Paleontology - Introductory
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