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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A [ | + | A [[sedimentary]] stone that has preserved an impression of a plant or animal from another geological time period. Fossils are found in all parts of the world. The imprints are sometimes formed when animals, insects, or plants walked through or were trapped in [[mud]], [[peat]], [[ice]], or [[tar]]. Collectively, fossils have produced a record of the evolution of many organisms. |
[[File:FossilBone(late cretaceous).jpg|thumb|Fossil bones]] | [[File:FossilBone(late cretaceous).jpg|thumb|Fossil bones]] | ||
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:12, 15 January 2014
Description
A Sedimentary stone that has preserved an impression of a plant or animal from another geological time period. Fossils are found in all parts of the world. The imprints are sometimes formed when animals, insects, or plants walked through or were trapped in Mud, Peat, Ice, or Tar. Collectively, fossils have produced a record of the evolution of many organisms.
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Synonyms and Related Terms
fósil (Esp.); fossile (Fr.); fóssil (Port.); Fossil (Deut.); fossiel (Ned.)
Additional Images
Fossilized leaves
Fossilized shell
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia, Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998