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Because "preserved" implies keeping something in it's pristine or natural state. This is a fossil. My immediate thought was it was "preserved" in amber. In any

• mkl 5y ago
  "Fossil" is more general than rock. It would still be a fossil if it was preserved in amber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil
• Symbiote 5y ago
  > Because "preserved" implies keeping something in it's pristine or natural state. No, it doesn't. It means something protected from decay, or kept intact, or protected. It's common to preserve food in vinegar, sugar or salt, often after cooking it. It's common to preserve plant and animals for study by drying them or pickling them (e.g. alcohol/formaldehyde).
• teh_klev 5y ago
  Would you like to challenge the British Geological Survey on their definition of a fossil? "Fossils are the preserved remains of plants and animals whose bodies were buried in sediments, such as sand and mud, under ancient seas, lakes and rivers."[0] Or the Natural History Museum: "A fossil is physical evidence of a prehistoric plant or animal. This may be their preserved remains or other traces, such as marks they made in the ground while they were alive."[1] [0]: https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/fossils-and-geological-time/fossils/ https://www.bgs.ac.uk/discovering-geology/fossils-and-geolog... [1]: A fossil is physical evidence of a prehistoric plant or animal. This may be their preserved remains or other traces, such as marks they made in the ground while they were alive.