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Original Preservation Natural mummification by drying.

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1 Original Preservation Natural mummification by drying

2 Unaltered Preservation Amber Deposits

3 Unaltered Preservation Bison and Woolly Mammoth Skin and Hair

4 Permineralization/Petrification Common preservation in wood and bone Which image is the altered/permineralized bone?

5 Petrification Petrified wood from the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona

6 Replacement Silica replacement of carbonate shell What kind of animal is this?

7 Replacement Note new mineral that has replaced carbonate shell What kind of fossil animal is shown?

8 Carbonization Common in plants and animal soft parts

9 Molds and Casts What kind of animal is shown by this fossil?

10 Molds/Impressions What animals are shown by the impressions?

11 Trace Fossils Burrows Indicate movement, activity of organism

12 Trace Fossils Coprolites

13 Trace Fossils Footprints, trackways Note molds and casts


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