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fossilization

[fahs-uh-liz-ay-shuhn, -lahyz-] / ˌfɑs ə lɪzˈeɪ ʃən, -laɪz- /


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At such locations, fossils may retain not only bones and other hard tissues, but also delicate soft structures that are usually lost during fossilization.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Small animals are generally more difficult to find in the fossil record because their fragile bones are less likely to survive the fossilization process.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

To investigate what happened during burial and fossilization, Tarhan's team used an innovative chemical approach.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 27, 2026

This is a natural fossilization process in which minerals in groundwater precipitate out of the water and accumulate around the organic material.

From Science Daily ● May 22, 2024

It is thus obvious that during the fossilization of the wood some of the other constituents are lost, and the percentage of carbon by this means raised.

From Coal and What We Get from It by Raphael Meldola


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