Trace Fossil Types

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Skin Impression
Trace Fossil Types
Skeleton
Eggs
Nest
Footprint
Fossilized Feces (coprolites)
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Skin Impression
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Mummification
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Fossilization Processes
Dinosaur dies
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Replacement /- permineralization
Quick Burial
Isolated bones buried, followed by
replacement /- permineralization
B
Nearly complete specimen exposed
Destruction of bone on floodplain due to
scavenging and natural processes
Isolated bones exposed