Fossilization (palaeontology)

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Fossilization is the process which creates a fossil. The word ‘fossil’ is derived from the Latin fossilis, something dug up.[1]

  1. ↑ " MacRae, C.S. 1999. Life Etched in Stone: Fossils of South Africa. The Geological Society of South Africa, Johannesburg.
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