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The mud helped to preserve and fossilize the wood.
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To discern whether a mammal had a placenta, a pouch, or something else entirely, researchers have to look at other placental mammals and compare features that do fossilize, for example, the teeth or the morphology of the body.
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Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2025
In 2014, Attenborough died at the age of 90 — but he will forever be fossilized in our hearts.
—Huntley Woods, EW.com, 1 July 2025
That’s when the first hint of warning coloration appears in the fossil record, in a cockroach fossilized in amber (the specific color is not entirely clear, Wiens said).
—Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2025
The researchers also analyzed tiny plant remains fossilizing in the cubs’ stomachs, revealing that the wolves lived in a dry, somewhat mild environment that could support diverse vegetation including prairie grasses, willows and shrub leaves.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2025
In 2014, Attenborough died at the age of 90 — but he will forever be fossilized in our hearts.
—Huntley Woods, EW.com, 1 July 2025
That’s when the first hint of warning coloration appears in the fossil record, in a cockroach fossilized in amber (the specific color is not entirely clear, Wiens said).
—Molly Herring, Quanta Magazine, 27 June 2025
The researchers also analyzed tiny plant remains fossilizing in the cubs’ stomachs, revealing that the wolves lived in a dry, somewhat mild environment that could support diverse vegetation including prairie grasses, willows and shrub leaves.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
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“Fossilize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fossilize. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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fossilize
verb
fos·sil·ize
ˈfäs-ə-ˌlīz 
fossilized; fossilizing
: to change or become changed into a fossil
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