fossil discoveries
Unearthed prehistoric remains
Fossil discoveries are findings of preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms—bones, shells, footprints, or impressions in rock.
The phrase emphasizes the act of uncovering rather than the fossils themselves: Recent fossil discoveries have reshaped our understanding of dinosaur behavior.
Major fossil discoveries often make headlines when they reveal new species or challenge existing theories about evolution and extinction.
- ArchaeopteryxPrehistoric transitional flying creature
- missing linkUndiscovered ancestral connection
- Burgess ShaleCambrian lagerstätte in Canada
- coprolitesFossilized animal excrement
- MegalosaurusPioneering dinosaur genus description
dig · rock hammer · extinction events · stromatolites · tar pits · stratigraphy · Lucy · transitional fossils · petrified wood · dig site · excavation · radiometric dating · unearthed · microfossils · trace fossils · paleontology · museum exhibit · quarry
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- Paleontologistspaleontologist, Jack Horner, paleobiologists, paleobotanists, paleoanthropologists
fossil discoveriesliving organisms
fossil discoveriesherbarium specimens
Preserved plants for scientific study