The mud helped to preserve and fossilize the wood.
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One day Dave whacked the laurel hedge down to sturdy stumps, like dinosaurs fossilized midstride.—Murr Brewster, Christian Science Monitor, 16 Apr. 2025 An unusual chemical alchemy may have been responsible for the unique way Sue was fossilized, the researchers hypothesized.—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025 Thirty years later, that warning has come true: Dinosaurs, both fossilized and fictional, are firmly in the hands of the highest bidder.—Catherine Baab-Muguira, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2025 The fossil, dated to about 444 million years ago, contained a new species of arthropod that fossilized inside-out, according to a paper published in the journal Palaeontology last week.—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fossilize
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