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fossilized

[fahs-uh-lahyzd] / ˈfɑs əˌlaɪzd /
ADJECTIVE
ossified
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
petrified
Synonyms


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In the late 1990s, scientists working in the Ajimu area of Oita prefecture, Japan, uncovered three fossilized vertebrae from a giant salamander in the Cryptobranchidae family.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

It’s an auction record for a fossilized dinosaur skeleton, beating the $44.6 million that Citadel founder Kenneth Griffin paid two years ago for Apex, a 150-million-year old Stegosaurus.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

"Gus" is one of the world's most complete T. rex skeletons -- with 183 fossilized bones -- and was discovered on a cattle ranch in South Dakota in 2021.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

It’s an auction record for a fossilized dinosaur skeleton, beating a 150-million-year-old Stegosaurus that sold for $44.6 million two years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

They were speckled with brown as if something alive had gotten caught and fossilized in the irises.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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