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fossilized
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Bones and shells fossilize more readily than an organism's soft parts do, but even delicate tissues such as the multicellular embryos in eggs laid by marine organisms can be preserved under the right environmental conditions (SN: 1/28/06, p.
New view: method looks inside embryo fossils by Perkins, S. / Science News
Chiappe speculates that overflowing streams flooded the dino nesting site and buried the eggs under layers of mud, which helped preserve and fossilize the eggs.
Golden Eggs by Rivera, Rachel / Science World
 
 
 
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