Any preserved traces, impression, or residue of any once-living thing from a previous geological

age is referred to as a fossil. Our desire to classify the four fossils led us to Peace River, where
we discovered Gar scale, Horse molar, Snagger tooth scale, and a fragment of Turtle shell. We
were able to classify the fossils thanks to careful observation. The fossils were described using
pictures taken from scientific papers and compared to the images we had. According to our
findings, there was minor variation in the majority of the samples we collected, which could lead
to different evolutionary relationships among species than those described in scholarly papers.
Fossilization is the process of a once-living organism becoming a fossil. Only a small percentage
of all species that have ever lived on Earth become fossils, which is a very rare process. Only a
small number of ancient species are preserved as fossils, and typically only those with a good
and resistant skeleton are. A calcareous skeleton or shell is found in most large groups of
invertebrates. These organic tissues may be preserved in a shell or bone that is buried quickly
after deposition, but they will eventually be transformed to a stony material. In sedimentary
rocks, unaltered hard pieces, such as the teeth of clams or brachiopods, are relatively common.
Teeth make up a significant portion of the mammalian fossil record because they are much more
prone to decay than other bones. This means that the fossil record will almost always neglect the
many soft-bodied species that existed at the same time as the organisms with shells, bones, or
other hard pieces. In lakes, skeletons can be hidden by mud.

The ideal time to go fossils hunting is usually in the spring. The months of March, April, and
May are typically the driest of the year. For the perfect fossil hunting at Peace River, the water
must be at least 12 inches below average. Water levels are being tracked. When the river level
drops, it's time to go fossil hunting, and we were able to recover the fossils. Sunny days are
preferable because they allow you to see the bottom more clearly, but they are not needed if you
are sifting.

Many fossils can be found under the sand, nearer to the limestone formations. As a result, we
picked the fossils with our hands. Following the extraction, we photographed the samples and
compared them to academic publications. Owing to blurriness and grainy frames, there was a
small difference in the images. We needed to take new images with a higher-quality camera.
There was no discrepancy between both the samples after that.

The snaggletooth shark is a large, curved shark with jagged serrations on the edges. Sharks with
snaggletooths are considered endangered. Overfishing has resulted in a decline in their numbers.
Horse molars have been discovered. All horses have twelve molars, also known as jaw teeth,
behind the interdental space. Prior to swallowing, these teeth crunch food bitten off by the
incisors. Gars, like the alligator gar, do not have the usual overlapping fish scales seen in other
species. Instead, they have ganoid scales, which are stiff, boney interconnected scales that are
coated in ganoine, a crystals minerals coating. The scales on the fishes which have them act as a
defensive armor. The turtle shell fragment helps the mammal to flee from predators. The scutes
described earlier, as well as the ribs found inside the shell, are examples of microstructures. And
within shell and outside the shell, there are several ribs.