#subfossils

[aquaticpaleo]

@xwiing

these are bones, and they’re considered to be subfossils.

that means that they havent been fossilized through fossilization methods like permineralization, casting. etc., but they are still remains of a once-living organism– the definition of a fossil.

one thing that makes subfossils important is that they occasionally have DNA/proteins/other organic material that can be extracted and studied