mold fossil

mold fossil
A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies and is covered by sediment, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions, and a cavity remains below the ground surface; the cavitys interior surface is an impression in the general form of the original organisms exterior surface.

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