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Definition of Fossils
1. fossil [n] - See also: fossil
Medical Definition of Fossils
1. Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fossils
Literary usage of Fossils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by University of the State of New York (1903)
"Illustrations of Devonian fossils. 1876. Gasteropoda, pi. 2, fig. ... Descriptions of
new species of fossils from the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1904)
"List of fossils by R. Etheridge. 4. 1881. Geology of part of Northampton ...
The Geology of Rutland, by JW Judd, FGS Appendix and Tables of fossils by 11. ..."
3. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"Ancient Views about fossils. — The fact that fossils resembling in every way the
shells of marine animals are now found far inland has long perplexed ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"On fossils from the Crimea. By WILLIAM H. BAILY, Geological Survey of Great Britain.
THE fossils which formed the subject of this communication belong, ..."
5. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1897)
"We have already seen that geologists have been led by the study of fossils to
the all-important generalisation that the vast series of the Fossiliferous or ..."
6. Bulletin by Ohio State Geologist, Ohio Division of Geological Survey (1912)
"Professor Branson on fossils of Ohio Shale. ... He stated that: "Invertebrate
fossils are most abundant in the upper four feet of the shales. ..."
7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR PHOTOGRAPHING fossils FOR some time the writer, when
photographing fossils, has used the whitening process contributed by Professor SH ..."
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