fossilized

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Much of what we understand about dinosaurs comes from fossilized bones and teeth.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026

To overcome this, researchers focused on fossilized jaws, a part of the body more likely to survive over millions of years, to uncover clues about their early evolution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Are they fossilized Martian microbes that lived billions of years ago when the planet next door was a wetter, warmer world?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

To Martindale, the wrinkled surface looked exactly like fossilized microbial mats.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

In September 1832, exploring the gray cliffs and low-lying clay bays near Punta Alta, he discovered an astonishing natural cemetery, with fossilized bones of enormous extinct mammals splayed out before him.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee