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Carbonization |
Carbonization (or carbonisation) is the term for the conversion of an organic substance into carbon or a carbon-containing residue through pyrolysis or destructive distillation. |
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Petrifaction |
In geology, petrifaction or petrification is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals . |
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Tectonic activity |
Tectonics is concerned with the processes which control the structure and properties of the Earth's crust, and its evolution through time |
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Microfossil |
is the branch of palaeontology that studies microfossils, or fossils that require the use of a microscope to see the organism, its morphology and its characteristics details. |
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Gastroliths |
A gastrolith, also called a stomach stone or gizzard stones, is a rock held inside a gastrointestinal tract.
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Coprolites |
A coprolite is fossilized feces. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence for the animal's behaviour (in this case, diet) rather than morphology.
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Transitional fossil |
A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group.
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Archaeopteryx |
is a genus of bird-like dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern birds
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Replacement Fossilization |
One is preserving of ancient linguistic features which have lost their grammatical functions in language |
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Oolith |
is a sedimentary rock formed from ooids, spherical grains composed of concentric layers
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Scolecodont |
A scolecodont is the jaw of a polychaete annelid, a common type of fossil-producing segmented worm useful in invertebrate paleontology.
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Cast |
Cast are an English rock band from Liverpool, formed in 1992 by John Power
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anatomical features |
Anatomy is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.
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concentric |
In geometry, two or more objects are said to be concentric, coaxal, or coaxial when they share the same center or axis.
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paleontology |
Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch
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Lithification |
Lithification is the process in which sediments compact under pressure, expel connate fluids, and gradually become solid rock |
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Remineralization |
refers to the breakdown or transformation of organic matter into its simplest inorganic forms.
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Ichnofossil |
A trace fossil, also called an ichnofossil, is a geological record of biological activity.
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Mold |
A mold or mould is a fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae
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Boring & Burrows |
n?a |
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Transitional fossil |
A transitional fossil is any fossilized remains of a life form that exhibits traits common to both an ancestral group and its derived descendant group.
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fossil beds |
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is a U.S. National Monument
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organisms |
In biology, an organism is any contiguous living system, such as an animal, plant, fungus, archaeon, or bacterium
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