Dr. Luis Buatois (Ph.D.) traces a series of hexagons with his finger, following the path carved by tiny organisms millions of ...

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), ...

Trace fossils, which are the preserved evidence ... has provided a more comprehensive understanding of ancient landscapes. For example, the study of Paleozoic terrestrialization has revealed ...

These trace fossils date to the Pleistocene epoch ... The tracksites are an example of what's known as geoheritage, which the Geological Society of South Africa calls a "descriptive term applied ...

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...

Many represent some of the oldest known examples of their groups. The site preserves not just body fossils, but also footprints, burrows, and other trace fossils that provide insight into animal ...

Claws, like fossil skulls and skeletons, are body fossils. Other fossilised signs of a plant or animal are called trace fossils. Dinosaur trace fossils include footprints, imprints of their skin or ...

Trace our fossil record through mud, silt, sand and time. Take a closer look at ancient creatures such as trilobites and ammonites. See preserved shark teeth and spot the fossil fakes in the Fossils ...

Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil ... but this one is an "especially nice example." "This particular fossil, if you look carefully at the image that's ...

Bromalites are in turn part of the record of "trace fossils." They aren't the remains of the animal itself, but of how it lived. "Regurgitalites give us a window into the feeding processes of ...