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Fossilization
Fossils that look like an actual body part is called a body fossils.Fossils fall into 2 categories.Body fossils are the remains or representation of parts of the body of the animal or plant. These include bones, soft tissue, claws, teeth, wood, eggs, leaves etc.Trace fossils on the other hand is any indication of life that is not part of the animal. Footprints, coprolites, nests, teeth marks, burrows, worm casts etc are all trace fossils.
Soft animal parts usually rot and do not become fossilized.
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It is called a mold fossil, which can become a cast fossil. After the soft parts of the animal rot away, a cavity remains (the mold fossil) which becomes filled with hardened sand or mud (the cast fossil).
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Fossilisation; Fossilization for Americans.
Fossilization
I think your referring to fossilization.
The process is call petrification, via permineralization.
It's called fossilization, and in particular, replacement and recrystallization.
Fossilization
It's called 'calcification'
A cast fossil is formed when minerals fill in an impression left by an organism.
Mammoths
Rocks are composed of various minerals or cemented remains of other rock particles which are composed of minerals.
Fossilisation; Fossilization for Americans.