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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transition itself can only be illustrated and corroborated by transitional fossils, which will never demonstrate an exact half-way point. The fossil record...
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Paleontology (redirect from Fossil taxon)
Collecting fossils to study, collect or sell List of fossil sites (with link directory) List of notable fossils List of paleontologists List of transitional fossils...
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Amber (redirect from Fossil amber)
Romance languages, the sense of the word was extended to Baltic amber (fossil resin) from as early as the late 13th century. At first called white or...
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Missing link (human evolution) (category Gaps in the fossil record)
is a recently-discovered transitional fossil. It is often used in popular science and in the media for any new transitional form. The term originated...
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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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A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the...
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systematic fossil collection, as demonstrated by a series of important discoveries in China near the end of the 20th century. Many transitional fossils have...
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Paleobotany (redirect from Plant fossil)
παλαιός, palaios. Paleobotany includes the study of terrestrial plant fossils, as well as the study of prehistoric marine photoautotrophs, such as photosynthetic...
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accessories. The company's name and logo reference the Archaeopteryx, the transitional fossil of early dinosaurs to modern dinosaurs (birds). Arc'teryx is known...
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