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How are tropical fish fossil formed?

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Kansas04

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

1) the fish dies

2) the fish gets pushed under the dirt and rock

3) the fishes bones and tissue is replaced by minerals

4) the fossil gets pushed up to the surface.

This can take millions of years and sometimes the fish gets pushed underground so fast there is some tissue or D.N.A left.

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