MadSci Network: Evolution
Query:

Subject: What percentage all living remains eventually becomes fossilized?

Date: Sun Jul 27 13:19:24 1997
Posted by Karen Zohar
Grade level: 10-12
School: Aspen High School
City: Aspen State/Province: CO
Country: USA
Area of science: Evolution
ID: 870027564.Ev
Message:
We're told that most remains of organisms never make it into the 
fossil record, because conditions weren't right for fossilization to 
occur.  What percentage actually becomes tangible, readable fossil? Or 
in other words, how much is actually lost forever? Also, of all the 
fossils in the fossil record, what percentage are discovered and read 
by man?

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