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Fauna

Animals of a given region or period of geologic time.


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Flora

Plants of a given region or period of geologic time.


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Foraminifer

Protozoans that belong to the subclass Sarcodina, order Foraminifera, that have a test of one to many chambers composed of secreted calcite or agglutinated particles.


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Fossil

Fossils are the recognizable remains, such as bones, shells, or leaves, or other evidence, such as tracks, burrows, or impressions, of past life on Earth.


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Fossilization

All the processes that involve the burial of a plant or animal in sediment and the eventual preservation of all, part, or a trace of it. 



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