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minus-square@BleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•1 year agoI’m not an expert by ANY means, but I think there needs to be strict conditions to make fossils. I think most bones just eventually turn to dust
minus-square@wolfshadowheart@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoThat’s true although I would also hypothesize that giant mollusks would likely fall into a biome that has these conditions. That said, I could see body of a slug not really getting fossilized. The shell probably would be, but maybe not depending on circumstances.
I’m not an expert by ANY means, but I think there needs to be strict conditions to make fossils. I think most bones just eventually turn to dust
That’s true although I would also hypothesize that giant mollusks would likely fall into a biome that has these conditions.
That said, I could see body of a slug not really getting fossilized. The shell probably would be, but maybe not depending on circumstances.