Methods of Fossilization Lab Observing Fossils
What are fossils? The naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms that lived long ago.
Methods of fossilization include: Permineralization Replacement Cabonization Molds and Casts Original Material
Permineralization
Replacement
Carbonization
Molds & Casts
Original Material (amber, ice, tar)
Station 1: Fern Hymenophyllum
Station 2: Dinosaur Tooth Tyrannosaurus Rex
Station 3: Fish Knightia
Station 4: Dinosaur Skin Lambeosaurus
Station 5: First Bird Skull Archaeopteryx
Station 6: Brachiopod (ancient mollusk)
Station 7: Dinosaur Footprint Grallator
Station 8: Serpent Coprolite (fecal matter)
Station 9: Wood
Station 10: Organism in Amber, Tar or Ice