fossil

As nouns the difference between fossil and paleorecord

is that fossil is fossil while paleorecord is any record from the distant past, but especially a fossil record.

As nouns the difference between fossil and pinite

is that fossil is fossil while pinite is any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family or pinite can be (mineralogy) a compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color it is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.

As nouns the difference between fossil and australopith

is that fossil is fossil while australopith is (archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) any of several extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

As an adjective australopith is

(archaeology|anthropology|paleonotology) of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus australopithecus , from the pleistocene period.

As nouns the difference between fossil and biozone

is that fossil is the mineralized remains of an animal or plant while biozone is a biostratigraphic unit: an interval of geological strata defined on the basis of its characteristic fossil taxa.

As a noun fossil

is fossil.

As an adjective fossilizable is

able to be converted into a fossil.

As nouns the difference between fossil and fossilhood

is that fossil is the mineralized remains of an animal or plant while fossilhood is the state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).

As nouns the difference between fossil and salagrama

is that fossil is fossil while salagrama is a fossil ammonite held by the hindus to be representative of vishnu.

As nouns the difference between fossil and nanofossil

is that fossil is fossil while nanofossil is a nanosized fossil.

As nouns the difference between fossil and biochronology

is that fossil is fossil while biochronology is (geology|biology) the dating of rocks by analysis of their fossil content.

As a noun fossil

is fossil.

As an adjective nonfossil is

not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel.