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True Fossils vs Pseudofossils - How to Recognize Pseudofossils

GEO GIRL via YouTube

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This course explains how to distinguish fossils from pseudofossils: rock and mineral structures that resemble evidence of ancient life. It compares examples such as concretions, tafoni, dendrites, agates, and tektites with fossil look-alikes.

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What are Fossils?
What are Pseudofossils?
Pseudofossil concretions
Fossils that look like concretions
Pseudofossil tafoni
Fossils that look like tafoni
Pseudofossil ring patterns
Fossils that look like these rings
Pseudofossil dendrites
Pseudofossil ‘bubbly’ minerals
Pseudofossil agates
Pseudofossil stalagtites
Pseudofossil tektites
Pseudofossil first life on Earth!
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