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fossilisation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fossilization |
| Type of | transition, passage |
| Derivation | fossilise |
fossilisation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fossilization |
| Type of | natural action, natural process, action, activity |
| Has types | petrifaction, petrification |
| Derivation | fossilise |
Examples of fossilisation
fossilisation
In the process of fossilisation this network decays, being replaced by minerals.
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For example, pterosaur bones are very thin and rarely escape crushing during fossilisation.
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The fossil suffered a large amount of distortion during the time of fossilisation and discovery.
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Fox and Scott are sure that the groove is not due to fossilisation because it is lined with enamel.
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That's probably because they lived on land, where fossilisation is far less likely to happen, he says.
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One of the men describes how rare this actually is, as tiny-boned creatures rarely remain intact in fossilisation.
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Fossilisation is a rare event, and most fossils are destroyed by erosion or metamorphism before they can be observed.
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The colour of prehistoric animals is almost impossible to determine, because fossilisation does not preserve it.
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Fossilisation replaces the cells by tiny crystals of calcium phosphate, between 50 and 300 nanometres across.
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- Fossilization: the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone
- Fossilization: becoming inflexible or out of date
- (fossilise) fossilize: convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"
- (fossilised) fossilized: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system"
- Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and other organisms from the remote past. ...
- Alternative spelling of fossilization
- (Fossilised) Objects which have been turned to stone, sometimes used in jewellery e.g petrified wood
- (fossilised) [semantics,pragmatics] A term referring to any phrase or expression which is non-productive and which does not vary in its form. This applies for example to idioms like topsy turvy where the words only exist in this combination.
