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Fossil (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's topic entry on the fossil, its definition, the roughly ten thousand year age threshold commonly used, and its account of body fossils, trace fossils and the processes that form them.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
A community edited tertiary reference, used here for an uncontested topic definition and its own account of body fossils, trace fossils and the named fossilization processes.
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Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)

This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Concepts, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.

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6

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Connected

1

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General References

1

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