fossilized
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Within the core, researchers examined fossilized microplankton known as dinocysts, along with organic lipid biomarkers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 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
"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 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
The eggy daffodils on the wallpaper'd fossilized to slag-heap gray as the light faded.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
