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fossils
Recognizable remains such as bones, shells, leaves, burrows, impressions, or tracks of past life on the earth.
This category is also used for
index fossils
and
microfossils
Subtopics
ichnofossils
See also
biostratigraphy
micropaleontology
paleontology
trilobites
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