bioimmuration

Noun

Meaning

The imprint of one organism in the fossilized skeleton of another organism.

Such process.

Examples

Bioimmuration is known in the fossil record from the Ordovician Wilson, MA, Palmer, T. J. and Taylor, P. D. (1994) Earliest preservation of soft-bodied fossils by epibiont bioimmuration: Upper Ordovician of Kentucky. Source: Internet

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