The fossils at Dinosaur Cove are embedded in hard sandstone.

恐龙湾中的化石嵌在坚硬的砂岩中。

Both these fossils were dry-land tortoises.

这两块化石都是旱地陆龟。

The newly excavated fossils, however, all yielded DNA.

然而，这些新发掘的化石都产生了 DNA。

The next step was to determine where the fossils fell.

下一步是确定化石落在何处。

We found fossils that old that bear remarkable resemblance to the tree.

我们发现了那么古老的化石，它与那棵树有惊人的相似之处。

Interestingly, there are clams and snail shells; but, no fossils of fish.

有趣的是，那里有蛤蜊和蜗牛壳，但是，没有鱼的化石。

Down one floor is a large collection of fossils found in the Kansas area.

下面一层是在堪萨斯地区发现的大量化石。

Fossils are thus identifying markers for particular periods in Earth's history.

因此，化石是识别地球历史上特定时期的标志。

With a reputation of "living fossils", pandas live a harmonious life in the city of Chengdu.

有着“活化石”之称的熊猫在成都市过着和谐美满的生活。

It doesn’t mean that best practice has become widespread among those who actually find the fossils.

这并不意味着那些确实发现了化石的人们已经广泛采用了最佳做法。

The Burgess Shale formation also has fossils of many extinct representatives of modern animal groups.

伯吉斯页岩地层中也有许多代表着现代动物群中已经灭绝的物种的化石。

What really takes me away from it all are the rocks and fossils exposed by and alongside the Mush River.

真正把我从这里带走的是因 Mush 河冲刷而暴露在其两旁的岩石和化石.。

Fossils show how the nostrils of ancestral whales moved from the tip of the snout to the top of the head.

化石展现了鲸鱼的鼻孔是如何一步步地从它们祖先长鼻子的末端跑到头顶上去的。

Sediment above and below the gypsum layer contained tiny marine fossils, indicating open-ocean conditions.

在石膏层上方和下方的沉积物中含有许多小型海洋生物化石，这表明这里的海洋环境很开放。

Missing until recently were fossils clearly intermediate, or transitional, between land mammals and cetaceans.

直到最近才发现的化石，显然是介于陆地哺乳动物和鲸类之间的过渡物种。

Better conservation methods and a focus on fresh fossils could boost DNA extraction from more delicate specimens.

更好的保护方法和对新化石的关注可以帮助我们从更脆弱的标本中提取 DNA 。

Between the older layers of glacial material were well-developed soils containing fossils of warm-climate plants.

较古老的冰川物质层之间是发育良好的土壤，它含有（生活在）温暖气候中的植物的化石。

They found fossils of microscopic marine plants which suggest that the region was once open ocean, not solid ice.

他们发现了微型海洋植物的化石，表明该地区曾经是开放的海洋，而不是坚固的冰层。

The study makes a couple of interesting points about the fossils, which I hope will be looked at in future studies.

这项研究提出了一些关于化石的有趣论点，我希望未来的研究会考虑到这些观点。

In any case, failure to find fossils of a predicted kind does not rule out their existence in an undiscovered deposit.

在任何情况下，没有发现预测到的化石并不表示它们不存在于未发现的矿床中。

The Ediacara fossil formation, which contains the oldest known animal fossils, consists exclusively of soft-bodied forms.

包含已知最古老的动物化石的埃迪卡拉化石组，只含有软体动物。

Detailed field studies of thick rock formations containing fossils provide the best potential tests of the competing theories.

对含有化石的厚岩层的详细现场研究为相互竞争的理论提供了最佳的潜在检验。

As he collected fossils from strata throughout England, Smith began to see that the fossils told a different story from the rocks.

当史密斯在英国各地的地层中收集化石时，他开始发现这些化石讲述的故事与岩石不同。

Although most fossils are found in marine sedimentary rocks, they also are found in terrestrial deposits left by streams and lakes.

虽然大多数化石是在海洋沉积岩中发现的，但它们也存在于河流和湖泊所留下的陆地沉积物中。

In boneyards across the continent, scientists have found the fossils of a giant snake, a huge flightless bird, and a seven-foot kangaroo.

在整个非洲大陆的尸骨堆放地里，科学家们发现了一条巨蟒、一只不会飞的大鸟和一只七英尺高的袋鼠的化石。

Since adult dinosaur fossils have sometimes been discovered near or on top of nests, we've been looking at the dinosaur parenting behavior.

由于成年恐龙化石有时在巢穴附近或巢穴顶部被发现，我们一直在观察恐龙的育儿行为。

Because many palaeontologists base their work on the shape of fossils alone, their methods of conservation are not designed to preserve DNA.

由于许多古生物学家的工作仅基于化石的形状，因此其保存方法并非旨在保存 DNA。

Dinosaur fossils have been found in postures that we now believe to indicate brooding behavior, that is, sitting on the eggs until they hatch.

我们现在认为恐龙化石被发现时的姿势表明孵蛋的行为，也就是说，坐在蛋上直到蛋孵化。

By fossils, we mean traces of prehistoric animals such as bones, which become mineralized, or impressions of bones or organs that are left in stone.

我们所说的化石，指的是史前动物的遗迹，如已矿化的骨头，或留在石头上的骨头或器官的印痕。

We are trying to understand the biology of sauropods, comparing their fossils to the anatomy of modern animals to get a better idea of how they lived.

我们正在尝试了解蜥脚类动物的生物学，比较它们的化石和现代动物的解剖结构，以更好了解它们是如何生活的。