Dead crocodiles downunder
Scientific experiments confirm that dead crocodiles need to be buried quickly in sediment to fossilize.
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Fossilized dinosaur retains its shape
Scientists excited that many details remain visible in exquisitely preserved creature.
Folded ferns
A delicate, fossilised plant unsurprisingly speaks of catastrophic burial.
Fossils in a day?
Can fossils form quickly under the right conditions?
High-definition dinosaur skin traces left during a rain shower
Have you ever seen a dinosaur running in the rain? No, but a stunning new fossil find is the next best thing.
The Cal Orcko (‘Lime Hill’) dinosaur trackways
Thousands of dinosaur tracks in a cliff?—How did they get there!
‘Living fossils’
Liquidamber and Coelacanth
Argentina egg site supports BEDS model
Unscrambling the clues at a fossil site in Argentina which contains thousands of yet-to-be-hatched dinosaurs that have been quickly buried.
Opalised fossils or pseudofossils
Can opals and opalised fossils form quickly under the right conditions?
A painting 95 million years in the making
Did octopus fossil ink really survive millions of years?
The Salt Range saga
The Salt Range of Pakistan has yielded some very interesting fossils—that according to evolution should not have been found!
The origin of the Carboniferous coal measures—part 2: The logic of lycopod root structure
Part 2: The logic of lycopod root structure