fossil
preserved remains or traces of organisms from a past geological age
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Summary
fossil ranks in the top 0.97% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,675 views/month, #754 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- fossil is a type of natural physical object[2].
- fossil's Commons category is recorded as Fossils[3].
- fossil's has cause is recorded as fossilization[4].
- fossil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fossils[5].
- fossil's Commons gallery is recorded as Fossil[6].
- fossil's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
- fossil's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[8].
- fossil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
- fossil's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[10].
- fossil's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[11].
- fossil's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[12].
- fossil's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox fossil[13].
- fossil's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1137[14].
- fossil's different from is recorded as fossil taxon[15].
- fossil's different from is recorded as archaeological find[16].
- fossil's different from is recorded as pseudofossil[17].
- fossil's fabrication method is recorded as fossilization[18].
- fossil's studied by is recorded as paleontology[19].
- fossil's studied by is recorded as palaeoxylology[20].
- fossil's has part is recorded as fossil record[21].
- fossil's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002164[22].
- fossil's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q55744002[23].
- fossil's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
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Definition and Type
fossil is a type of natural physical object[2].
Why It Matters
fossil ranks in the top 0.97% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,675 views/month, #754 of 77,819).[1] fossil has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] fossil is known by 121 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]