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fos·sil record

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  1. fossil recordnoun

    The collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history.

  2. fossil recordnoun

    The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon.

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  1. Fossil Record

    Fossil Record is a biannual peer-reviewed scientific journal covering palaeontology. It was established in 1998 as the Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe and originally published on behalf of the Museum für Naturkunde by Wiley-VCH. On 1 January, 2022, Fossil Record changed publisher to Pensoft Publishers, the editor-in-chief is Florian Witzmann.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fossil record in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fossil record in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fossil record in a Sentence

  1. Timothy Gibson:

    Previously, the oldest widely accepted fossilized green algae was about 800 million years old, this work confirms what many have expected based on the existing, though sparse fossil record, which is that green algae likely existed about a billion years ago.

  2. Nick Longrich:

    The fossil record is incomplete enough that if you’re in a new area or a new time, there’s a fair chance that the dinosaurs there are going to be distinct, Steven Jasinski said. For instance, scientists might discover a toe from a brand new species, but such subtle differences may be unrecognizable or impossible to prove. [ T ] hings that we call separate species today would be very, very hard to tell apart based on their skeleton( crow versus raven, for example).

  3. Lindsey Zanno:

    It is not easy to study dinosaur sounds, vertebrates usually vocalize with soft tissues, and soft tissues rarely preserve in the fossil record.

  4. Jelle Wiersma:

    It is extremely fascinating and important for the science of paleontology that we can read so much information from the fossil record, allowing us to better understand extinct organisms and the ecosystems they were a part of, a major long-term goal of our work in southern Utah is to try and understand why the species in The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument differ from relatives of the same geologic age found in other parts of Laramidia.

  5. Tetsuto Miyashita:

    Basically, its like a swimming sausage, its a bag of skin with a lot of muscles in it. They dont have any bones or hard teeth inside them, so its really difficult for them to get preserved into the fossil record.


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