Bioerosion – Erosion of hard substrates by living organisms Cryptospore – Fossilised primitive plant spore Endolith – Organism living inside a rock List of...

unit Parent rock – Original rock substratum Petrifaction – Process of fossilisation Weathering – Deterioration of rocks and minerals through exposure to...

Fossil wood, also known as fossilized tree, is wood that is preserved in the fossil record. Over time the wood will usually be the part of a plant that...

created when a crocodilian stepped on the faecal matter before it became fossilised. The recognition of coprolites is aided by their structural patterns,...

Eldredgeops rana (formerly Phacops rana) is a species of trilobite from the middle Devonian period. Their fossils are found chiefly in the northeastern...

Process of fossilisation...

found in a cave near Xarrë include flint and jasper objects along with fossilised animal bones, while those discoveries at Mount Dajt comprise bone and...

established a press bureau in the Netherlands, Indonesisch Pers-bureau. Fossilised remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the "Java Man", suggest the...

natural processes are unable to take place, leading to fossilisation. The chance of fossilisation is higher when the sedimentation rate is high (so that...

The Lloyds Bank coprolite is a large coprolite, or fossilised specimen of human faeces, recovered by the York Archaeological Trust while excavating the...