fossilized
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Museum paleontologists excavated some 70% of Thomas’s fossilized skeleton in the early 2000s, making it one of the most complete T. rex specimens ever found.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Remarkably, evidence of that ancient meal survived in fossilized feces, preserving what researchers describe as the finest feather specimen yet discovered from the age of dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
The fossilized tooth is believed to be at least 10,000 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
A rich collection of living and fossilized corals is present in the Galapagos Islands, the volcanic archipelago off the west coast of Ecuador, right at the heart of the eastern Pacific El Nino zone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
While the debris of ancient village sites does not include fossilized words along with bones and pottery, it does reveal movements of people and cultural artifacts that could be associated with languages.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
