GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The first type, body fossils, are the fossilized remains of an animal or plant, like bones, shells, and leaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Desiccation, also known as Mummification, is a very unique and rare form of fossilization. Desiccated/mummified fossils are next in quality to the frozen fossils. Bones and tissues of these desiccated organisms of the desert are preserved, although they often fall apart at the slightest touch.

Detailed explanation-3: -Most fossils that exhibit “soft part” preservation are carbonizations. Examples include many plant fossils (also known as compressions), insect fossils, and the famous fossils of the Burgess Shale.

Detailed explanation-4: -Preserved evidence of the body parts of ancient animals, plants and other life forms are called ‘body fossils’. ‘Trace fossils’ are the evidence left by organisms in sediment, such as footprints, burrows and plant roots.

Detailed explanation-5: -Impression Fossils-a two-dimensional plant fossil that is formed when a plant leaves an impression in soft sediment. Unlike compression fossils, organic material from the plant is not left behind, only the image of the plant.