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), ...

As these changes have occurred, organisms have evolved, and remnants of some have been preserved as fossils. A fossil can be studied to determine what kind of organism it represents, how the ...

field guide to common fossils in Britain, covering nearly 90 fossil groups interactive map of Britain and geological map overlay illustrations and data for more than 1,200 fossils in the Museum ...

The excellent preservation of the fossil’s outer bone layer, attributed to the fine sediments in which it was embedded, ...

The microfossil, discovered at Loch Torridon, contains two distinct cell types and could be the earliest example of complex multicellularity ever recorded, according to the researchers. The fossil ...

The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves. There are three main types of rock: igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock. Almost all ...

This fossil of intact skin was definitely a unique ... and this new find seems to confirm it had different types of skin on ...

Scientists have identified a previously unknown dinosaur species from an unlikely source: photographs of fossils destroyed during the Allied bombing of Munich in World War II. Researchers ...