Researchers Baffled After Mistaking Young Turtle Shells to be Oval-Shaped Plant Fossils, Bones Looked Like Plant Veins A ...

Researchers investigated a large collection of fossilized shells belonging to an early Cambrian animal called Lapworthella fasciculata. These shells are incredibly small in size — just slightly ...

Sharks have ruled the Earth’s oceans for 400 million years and recent research on fossilized shark teeth has led to the ...

In the Kits: #12: Shark tooth (specifically, the enamel of the tooth) Recrystallization - A process by which the minerals making up the original shell or bone of a fossil change into a different ...

The fossil may have lost water, or color, or the proteins of the soft tissue may have degraded. Unaltered hard parts: teeth and very recent shells, bone or shell encased in petroleum or in ...

Land animals and plants usually decomposed or were eaten, and mainly the hard parts -- teeth, bones, shells, or wood -- were preserved. Fossils can be formed in several ways. Buried bone and shell ...

The fossil that was originally interpreted to be a plant, but researchers have now discovered is the inside of the shell of a baby turtle. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Fossils of them are found all around the world, sometimes in very large concentrations. The often tightly wound shells of ammonites may be a familiar sight, but how much do you know about the animals ...

Fossilised remains of dead plants and animals are known as body fossils. This can include fossil bones, claws, teeth, shells, tree trunks and leaves. Other fossilised signs of a plant or animal are ...