FOSSIL TYPES

PRESERVED FOSSIL

• A preseved fossil occurs when
• a animal steps in something sticky,
• like tar. Tar has a preserving element which
• preserves the part of body that has stepped in
• The tar

Cast Fossil

• formed when an animal, or other organism dies and its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions; minerals gradually enter into the cavity, resulting in a cast.

TRACE FOSSIL

• Trace fossils provide evidence
• of the recent activities an organism
• It forms when a animal steps in a certain spot and leaves a fossilized footprint

PETRIFIED FOSSIL

• A petrified fossil forms when the remains
• of an organism becomes petrified or in
• other terms, turned to stone. Petrified fossils
• replace all or part of an organism with certain minerals that makes it transform to stone

MOLD FOSSIL

• A mold fossil is formed by a
• Hollow area in sediment in the shape of
• a dead organism or part of a dead organism where it has stepped, laid, or died at

CARBON FILM

• Carbon films are thin film coatings which consists of the element carbon

TRACE FOSIIL

TRACE FOSSIL

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Preserved Fossil

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Petrified Fossil

Mold Fossil

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Carbon Film

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Cast Fossil