Fossil Vocab Flashcards
dealing with the anatomy
Anatomical
The remains or traces of an once living thing in a rock
fossils
The development of an embryo
embryological development
early developmental stages of an animal
blastula
The science that deals with the formation development structure and functional activities of embryos
embryology
fossilize tracks trails boroughs boring or other structures in sediment Terry rock that records the presence or behavior of the organisms that made it
trace fossils
to dry
Desiccation
The purification or concentration of the substance
distillation
fossils where the spaces inside are filled with minerals from groundwater
premineralization
A thin silhouette of the original remains
carbon remains
The space left by a fossil in the rock
mold
The space filled in slowly by minerals in water to create a copy of the fossil
cast
The remains of a species that existed on earth for a short period of time
index fossil
The science of the forms of life existing in former geological periods as represented by fossils
paleontologists
oldest rocks on the bottom youngest rocks on the top
principle of superposition
