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fossilize

[fos-uh-lahyz] / ˈfɒs əˌlaɪz /






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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

The fossilized materials had apparently picked up natural radioactive material over time.

From National Geographic

They found that Pierolapithecus shares similarities in overall face shape and size with both fossilized and living great apes, but it also has distinct facial features not found in other Middle Miocene apes.

From Science Daily

A new species of ancient shark that lived around 350 million years ago has been identified from fossilized remains found in Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park.

From Washington Times