Fossils can be broadly divided into body fossils and trace fossils. Body fossil – The remains of part (or all) of an actual organism. In the kits, the trilobite (2), brachiopod (3), dinosaur bone (4), ...

Lorenzo Marchetti, an expert in trace fossils, at the Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity examined the remaining sediments that upon petrification preserved the fine ...

Petrification often conjures images of a painstakingly ... Petrified logs with well-preserved knots, branches and leaves have ...

Unlike other plant fossils, which are typically impressions or compressions, petrified wood is a three-dimensional representation of the original organic material. The petrifaction process occurs ...