1. Methods of Fossilization Lab
Observing Fossils

2. What are fossils?
The naturally preserved remains, imprints, or traces of organisms that lived long ago.

3. Methods of fossilization include:
Permineralization
Replacement
Cabonization
Molds and Casts
Original Material

4. Permineralization

5. Replacement

6. Carbonization

7. Molds & Casts

8. Original Material (amber, ice, tar)

9. Station 1: Fern Hymenophyllum

10. Station 2: Dinosaur Tooth Tyrannosaurus Rex

11. Station 3: Fish Knightia

12. Station 4: Dinosaur Skin Lambeosaurus

13. Station 5: First Bird Skull Archaeopteryx

14. Station 6: Brachiopod (ancient mollusk)

15. Station 7: Dinosaur Footprint Grallator

16. Station 8: Serpent Coprolite (fecal matter)

17. Station 9: Wood

18. Station 10: Organism in Amber, Tar or Ice