Fossil

Fossil

Fossil, wörtlich »gegraben«, bedeutet in der Geologie »versteinert«, und man bezeichnet damit alle durch mineralische Prozesse in Gestein übergeführte Reste von tierischen oder pflanzlichen Lebewesen (Fossilien). Vgl. Versteinerung.


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