FossilWordNet Explorer
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characteristic of a fossil
the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
any object that is left unused or still extant
a fossilized cast or impression of algae of the order Fucales
a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family Belemnitidae
one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusks
a fossil known to have lived in a particular geologic age that can be used to date the rock layer in which it is found
a fossil that must be studied microscopically