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Types of Fossils Explained

There are several types of fossils that can form including: 1) Petrified fossils where minerals replace all or part of an organism's structure. 2) Molds and casts where an organism gets buried, decays leaving a space, and other sediments fill the space and harden into rock forms. 3) Carbon films where an organism leaves behind a thin film of carbon residue similar to a fingerprint.

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Types of Fossils Explained

There are several types of fossils that can form including: 1) Petrified fossils where minerals replace all or part of an organism's structure. 2) Molds and casts where an organism gets buried, decays leaving a space, and other sediments fill the space and harden into rock forms. 3) Carbon films where an organism leaves behind a thin film of carbon residue similar to a fingerprint.

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TYPES of

FOSSILS
PETRIFIED FO MO LD S/ CA ST S: CA RB ON FIL MS :
SSILS:

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a
replace all or part of an An object gets burried, then passed againt a h thin film of
a
organism decays leaving behind a sp
ac and leaves behind imilar to a
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ts fingerprint)
filled in by other sediments
which harden into rocks an
d
form casts

TR AC E FO SS ILS : PR ES ER VE D RE MA IN S:

The actual organism or part


of
Tracks that have been it has been preserved in
preserved in mud/clay (similar amber, ice or tar (usually ve
ry
to hand prints in cements) rare and valuable)

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