Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Fossils

Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.

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  • Fossil

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, diagnostic imaging, history, legislation & jurisprudence, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, ultrastructure, virology.

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History Note

91(75); was see under PALEONTOLOGY 1975-90

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  1. I01w.076w.368w.584w.311w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Fossils. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005580. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005580
  2. Fossils. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil
  3. Fossils. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40614