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Some ancient scientists did understand what fossils were, and were able to formulate complex hypotheses based on fossil evidence. Greek biologist Xenophanes discovered seashells on land, and deduced that the land was once a seafloor. Remarkably, Chinese scientist Shen Kuo was able to use fossilized bamboo to form a theory of climate change.

Janis, Christine M. (1984). "Tapirs as Living Fossils". In Eldridge, Niles; Stanley, Steven M. (eds.). Living Fossils. Casebooks in Earth Sciences. pp.80–86. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4613-8271-3_8. Carettochelys Insculpta (Pig-Nosed Turtle, Pitted-Shelled Turtle, Warrajan)". Animal Diversity Web. Described in the journal Scientific Reports in September, fossils found on the island revealed two new types of spinosaurid, an enigmatic group of large predatory dinosaurs that includes the iconic “swimming dinosaur” Spinosaurus.

While this is happening, water seeps into the bones and teeth, turning them to stone as it leaves behind minerals. Many ammonite shells have been found with round holes once interpreted as a result of limpets attaching themselves to the shells. However, the triangular formation of the holes, their size and shape, and their presence on both sides of the shells, corresponding to the upper and lower jaws, is more likely evidence of the bite of a medium-sized mosasaur preying upon ammonites.

Micropaleontologists often study the oldest fossils on Earth. The oldest fossils are of cyanobacteria, sometimes called blue-green algae or pond scum. Cyanobacteria grew in shallow oceans when Earth was still cooling, billions of years ago. Fossils formed by cyanobacteria are called stromatolites. The oldest fossils on Earth are stromatolites discovered in western Australia that are 3.5 billion years old. There are many forms of aptychus, varying in shape and the sculpture of the inner and outer surfaces, but because they are so rarely found in position within the shell of the ammonite it is often unclear to which species of ammonite one kind of aptychus belongs. A number of aptychi have been given their own genus and even species names independent of their unknown owners' genus and species, pending future discovery of verified occurrences within ammonite shells. Even though coelacanths are unrelated genetically to other deep-sea creatures such as sharks and rays, they are similar in ageing slowly, Ernande said. Sharks can live to be hundreds of years old. Because ammonites and their close relatives are extinct, little is known about their way of life. Their soft body parts are very rarely preserved in any detail. Nonetheless, much has been worked out by examining ammonoid shells and by using models of these shells in water tanks. Hansen, T.; Martins, E. (1996). "Translating between microevolutionary process and macroevolutionary patterns: The correlation structure of interspecific data". Evolution. 50 (4): 1404–1417. doi: 10.2307/2410878. JSTOR 2410878. PMID 28565714.Heritage, Steven et al. " New Records Of A Lost Species And A Geographic Range Expansion For Sengis In The Horn Of Africa". Peerj, vol 8, 2020, p. e9652. Peerj, doi:10.7717/peerj.9652 Friedman M, Coates MI (2006). "A newly recognized fossil coelacanth highlights the early morphological diversification of the clade". Proc. R. Soc. B. 273 (1583): 245–250. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3316. PMC 1560029. PMID 16555794.