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Fossil
Fossil Fos"sil, n.
1. A substance dug from the earth. [Obs.]
Note: Formerly all minerals were called fossils, but the word
is now restricted to express the remains of animals and
plants found buried in the earth. --Ure.
2. (Paleon.) The remains of an animal or plant found in
stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species,
but many of the later ones belong to species still living.
3. A person whose views and opinions are extremely
antiquated; one whose sympathies are with a former time
rather than with the present. [Colloq.]
FossilFossil Fos"sil, a. [L. fossilis, fr. fodere to dig: cf. F.
fossile. See Fosse.]
1. Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
2. (Paleon.) Like or pertaining to fossils; contained in
rocks, whether petrified or not; as, fossil plants,
shells.
Fossil copal, a resinous substance, first found in the blue
clay at Highgate, near London, and apparently a vegetable
resin, partly changed by remaining in the earth.
Fossil cork, flax, paper, or wood, varieties of
amianthus.
Fossil farina, a soft carbonate of lime.
Fossil ore, fossiliferous red hematite. --Raymond.
Meaning of Fossils from wikipedia
- (coprolites).
These types of
fossil are
called trace fossils or ichnofossils, as
opposed to body
fossils. Some
fossils are
biochemical and are called...
- been
considered a
misnomer because it does not
actually originate from
fossils, but from
preserved organic matters. Fleckenstein,
Joseph E. (2016). Three-phase...
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fossils (also
known as
guide fossils or
indicator fossils) are
fossils used to
define and
identify geologic periods (or
faunal stages).
Index fossils...
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still work
their way into
Beach Fossils' live sets today.
During the
recording sessions for What A Pleasure,
Beach Fossils and Jack
Tatum covered and recorded...
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different types of
fossil organisms while others study ecology and
environmental history, such as
ancient climates. Body
fossils and
trace fossils are the prin****l...
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Fossils is a
compilation album by
indie rock band
Dinosaur Jr.,
released in
August 1991 on SST Records. It
contains three 7"
singles the band had previously...
- Paranthropus), all
fossils shown are
human (genus Homo).
After 11,500
years ago (11.5 ka,
beginning of the Holocene), all
fossils shown are Homo sapiens...
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considered a
living fossil, the
fossil species must be old
relative to the time of
origin of the
extant clade.
Living fossils commonly are of species-poor...
- November,
Fossils pla****
lived for the
first time in
Bangladesh at the
Dhaka Rock Fest 2007, the
first ever
international Bengali rock festival.
Fossils featured...
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Species was
first published, the
fossil record was
poorly known.
Darwin described the
perceived lack of
transitional fossils as "the most
obvious and gravest...
