FOSSIL

Name : Syahid Amalinsyah Hentihu

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Name : Nazamuddin
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PALEONTOLOGI
Base Word : Paleo : past
Onthos : life
Logos : science
= knowledge about past life
Study of fossil

: Paleobotani
Paleontologi
: Paleozoologi

Paleoantropologi
 FOSIL
According to the word(fossil):
A fossil(from Classical Latin fossilis)
is any preserved remains, impression,
or trace of any once living thing from a
past geological age.
Fosilisation :
The process of fossilizing a plant
or animal that existed in some earlier
age; the process of being turned to
stone, and its takes a minimum of 7000
years.
Fossils in paleontology are divided into 2
types, that is :
- Macrofossil
> can be seen with the eyes
(megaskopis)
- Microfossil
> can only be seen using a micro
scope (mikroskopis)
(Macrofossil) (Microfossil)
Terms of being fossilized :

1) Organisms free from destruction.

2) Have hard parts, such as bones or teeth.

3) After die directly deposited into eg : asphalt,

sand, volcanic ash, and deep sea.

4) Immediately avoid from chemical

processes(oxidation & reduction).

5) Dissolution and replacement of origin

minerals with other minerals.
Age of fossils :
1. Radiocarbon
(Carbon 14 wp 5750 ± 40 th) –>
archaeological date
2. Argon
(reaching hundreds of thousands and
millions of years)
3. Uranium 238 (wp 4,51 milions)
the oldest fossils age
Types of fossils :

1. Fossil body parts

This first type is the animal itself that is
preserved or stored can be in the form of
bones, shells,leaves, and almost all that is
stored is part of its hard body
2. Fossil footprint (ichnofossil)

1. Mold ia a mold that formed by fossils

where the fossil is completely altered.
2. Cast is a mold filled with secondary
minerals forming a rough copy similar to
the original fossil.

Mold

Cast
3. Cuprolite is a fossil in the form of feces
from animals waste that helps us to know
thw type of food, living place, and the size
of animals.
Trace Organism
1. Track : footprint.
2. Trail: traces of other body
parts such as tail, body, and legs.
3. Burrow (liang) : traces of holes in the
ground, wood, stone or other subtances
made by organisms as a place of refuge
or food.
4. Boring (hole): made by animals to
look for food, cling to or take over,
usually on shells or word.
5. Coprolite: can be round, tube, pellet
like, phosphate chemical composition.
6. Gastrolith : rounded stones, used to
help destroy food in extinct ancient
reptiles
Jejak Fosil / Track
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