Petrified forest are not trees that turned to stone. Peteified forests are trees covered in mud or something that hardened, then tree rotted away and the hollow(in the mold of the tree) was filled in by another type of rock, creating a something that looks like a peteified tree.
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jpreston2005@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Wait, what does this mean? I genuinely thought fossils were the bones, preserved through lack of oxygen
lauha@lemmy.one 4 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zBzDfvvdgA
Fun facts, we know next to nothing about dinosaurs that lived in jungles or mountains due to preservation conditions. They just disappear and do not get buried fast enough. We know the most about wetland dinos because those tend to have better conditions (e.g. bogs) to preserve things.
OpenStars@discuss.online 4 months ago
Humanity’s closest living relatives, the Chimpanzees, live in forests. They diverged from our lineage 6.5-7.5 million years ago, and there are almost no fossils for them. Except for a statistical fluke, someone studying solely the fossil record could be excused for thinking that they never existed at all… but they do!
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
Love me a good bog…
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hey, that’s not fun!