Channel: Stated Clearly

Category: Education

Tags: biologydarwinhow do fossils formfossilizationevolutionfossilpermineralization

Description: Here's the patreon page, I'd love a little support if you can spare: patreon.com/statedclearly Here's a t-shirt link: teespring.com/stores/stated-clearly?aid=marketplace Ever wonder exactly what a fossil is? You came to the right place. Info on the photos shown here: Baby woolly mammoth was preserved in Russian permafrost for an estimated 40k years. Photo by Ruth Hartnup: flickr.com/photos/ruthanddave/29602403461 CC BY 2.0 The "early walking fish" is Tiktaalik, I hope that needs no further explanation ;) It was preserved in river sediment. Photo by By Eduard Solà at the Chicago Field Museum CC BY-SA 3.0 The Teleoceras rhino preserved in volcanic ash comes from the Ashfall fossil beds in Nebraska. CC BY-SA 2.0 The tar preserved saber-tooth is a replica by bone clones of a specimen from the La Brae Tar pits in L.A. California. The sandstone Sauropodomorph comes from this paper: journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0009789 Photo of the unidentified insect in amber comes from Anders L. Damgaard - amber-inclusions.dk CC BY-SA 3.0 Gorgosaurus was a photo I took myself at the Redpath Museum in Montreal's McGill University.