fossilize
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When these results are combined with fossilized footprints, the overall appearance of this duck-billed dinosaur, long speculated about but never documented with this level of precision, becomes much clearer.
From Science Daily
Because sharks possess skeletons made of cartilage, their bodies rarely fossilize.
From Science Daily
Last August, a team of paleontologists announced that they had discovered the fossilized bones of a gigantic ancient whale.
From New York Times
A fossilized tree that was unearthed near Valley Waters, New Brunswick, in an active private quarry, has revealed a different and previously unknown kind of plant one scientist compares to “an upside-down toilet brush.”
From New York Times
But now, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on February 2 describe fossilized trees from New Brunswick, Canada with a surprising and unique three-dimensional crown shape.
From Science Daily
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