Paleobotany definition for fossils , ten different types of fossils like amber mold and casts chemical fossils compression impression petrification microfossils macrofossils pseudofossils index fossils coal and fossilization were explained with different photos and explanation
3. According to Arnold
“ the relic of some former living things plants
or animals embedded in or dug out of the
superficial deposits in past geological
periods”.
4. Fossils
Chemical
Trace
Micro fossils
Mega fossils
Sub fossils
Pseudo fossils
Derived fossils
Coal fossils
Amber
Index fossils
15. Any plant part compressed by particle placed
on the sediments and the organism became
flattened thin
external structure only seen so we could not
study about their internal struture
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17. Plant part compress by sediments and give
an imprint of it
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21. Organic material becomes a fossil due to
replacement of the original material and
filling of the original pore spaces with
minerals
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24. Cast : Mineral gradually enter in to the cavity
and become solidify
Molds : External preserved surface where
sediments are enter and form cast
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27. Organism or plant part are dig up before they
complete their fossilization