pseudofossil

pseudofossil
Any natural object that resembles a fossil

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  • Eozoon canadense — Eozoön canadense (literally, dawn animal of Canada ) is a pseudofossil.John William Dawson (1865) described the banded structures of coarsely crystalline calcite and serpentine as a gigantic Foraminifera, making it the oldest known fossil. It was …   Wikipedia

  • Dubiofossil — The term dubiofossil is a portmanteau word used in geology and paleontology for a problematic structure that looks like a fossil, but whose biologic origin is uncertain. (From Latin dubius, + fossil). It has been mainly used for remains found in… …   Wikipedia

  • Petrosomatoglyph — This footprint carved into the rock on Dunadd, in Argyll, is linked to the crowning of the Scots kings of Dál Riata. A petrosomatoglyph is an image of parts of a human or animal body incised in rock. Many were created by Celtic peoples, such as… …   Wikipedia

  • ψευδοαπολίθωμα — το, Ν (παλαιοντ.) αντικείμενο, δομή ή ορυκτό, ανόργανης προέλευσης που μοιάζει με απολίθωμα ή θεωρείται, εσφαλμένα, ως τέτοιο. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Νόθο αντιδάνειο σύνθετο, πρβλ. αγγλ. pseudofossil] …   Dictionary of Greek

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