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	Fossil article - Fossil fossil record sediment dinosaur trace fossils paleontology Permineralization - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The totality of fossils and their placement in rock formations and sedimentary layers is known as the fossil record.
		Fossils usually consist of the remains of the organism itself.
		However, fossils may also consist of the marks left behind by the organism while it was alive, such as the footprint of a dinosaur or reptile.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Fossil (545 words)

	Trace fossil -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Trace fossils include (A hole in the ground made by an animal for shelter) burrows, track marks, (additional info and facts about coprolite) coprolites (fossilized feces), (additional info and facts about stromatolite) stromatolites (fossilized algal mounds), and rhizoliths or rhizocretions (fossil remains of roots).
		Trace fossils are formed by organisms performing the functions of their everyday life, such as walking, crawling, burrowing, boring, or feeding.
		Trace fossils are found in abundance even in rocks from the upper part of the (additional info and facts about Vendian) Vendian period, some 550 million years ago and even in Proterozoic (more than 1 billion years ago).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/tr/trace_fossil.htm (1487 words)

	Fossil Article, Fossil Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The totalityof fossils and their placement in rock formations and sedimentary layers is known as the fossil record.
		However, fossils may also consist of the marks left behind bythe organism while it was alive, such as the footprint of a dinosaur or reptile.These types of fossil are called trace fossils.
		Trace fossils are the remains of track ways, burrows, footprints, eggs and shells,nests and droppings.
	www.anoca.org /fossils/remains/fossil.html (544 words)

	Overview of Dinosaur Tracking
		Fossilized dinosaur tracks are forms of trace fossils, also known as ichnites or ichnofossils.
		Unlike body fossils, which are the remains of dead bodies, trace fossils record the active movements and behaviors of ancient organisms.
		The study of trace fossils is known as ichnology.
	paleo.cc /paluxy/ovrdino.htm (6844 words)

	Selected References On Fossils and Paleontology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It traces geological development in earth history such as glaciation, mountain building and flooding seas.
		Describes fossils housed in the Bavarian State Collection for Paleontology and Historical Geology in Germany.
		Discusses types and distribution of fossils and the environments in which they are found.
	geology.er.usgs.gov /eastern/fossilrefs.html (1577 words)

	Fossil Websites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		At least at one time they were all fossil related.
		Fossils of the Gault Clay and Folkestone Beds of Kent, UK
		Fossils at the Swedish Museum of Natural History
	www.texaspaleo.com /ctps/links.html (290 words)

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