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Words related to fossil

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  • fossilize

    Geology. to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.

  • index fossil

    a widely distributed fossil, of narrow range in time, regarded as characteristic of a given geological formation, used especially in determining the age of related formations.

  • ammonite

    any extinct marine cephalopod mollusc of the order Ammonoidea, which were common in Mesozoic times and generally had a coiled partitioned shell. Their closest modern relative is the pearly nautilus

  • bone turquoise

    fossilized bone or tooth stained blue with iron phosphate and used as a gemstone

  • guide fossil

    index fossil.

  • macrofossil

    a fossil large enough to be studied and identified without the use of a microscope.
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