fossil collection
Preserved prehistoric remains
A fossil collection is an assembled group of preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms—bones, shells, imprints, petrified wood.
The term covers everything from a child's box of beach finds to a museum's curated holdings.
The natural history museum's fossil collection spans 500 million years.
Collecting can also be the activity itself: Fossil collection is prohibited in national parks.
- paleontologyStudy of ancient organisms
- natural historyStudy of organisms and environments
- dinosaurExtinct Mesozoic reptile
- prehistoric lifeOrganisms predating human records
- bonesRigid internal support structure
museum · museum exhibit · excavation · dig site · field work · specimen · amber · trilobite · ammonite · prehistoric · sediment · rock · display · display case · catalog · curator · dig · skull
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- museum exhibitsscience exhibit, dinosaur skeleton, interactive exhibit, art displays, space exhibit
- academic collectionslibrary, archive, museum, herbarium, rare books
- educational siteszoo, aquarium, art museum, botanical garden, history museum
- campus museumsnatural history museum, art museum
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Public animal collection
aquarium · vivarium · terrarium · botanical garden · wildlife sanctuary
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Assembled creative works
coin collection · stamp collection · book collection · digital archive
fossil collectionliving organisms
wildlife reserve · nature preserve · biosphere · breeding program
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