YELL. YELL-165706 (pictured) and YELL-165715: Many times when fossils are collected they are only casts of the specimen, such as these pictures of a few nearly complete Ptychopariid trilobite (YELL-165706 and YELL-165715) casts. As an organism becomes buried in sediment, its body decays, leaves an open space in the shape of the animal and then gets filled in with sediment creating an external cast of the organism. If an open space or cavity remains after the animal is buried and becomes fossilized, then it is referred to as a mold. Collecting any natural resources, including rocks and fossil
YELL. YELL-165706 (pictured) and YELL-165715: Many times when fossils are collected they are only casts of the specimen, such as these pictures of a few nearly complete Ptychopariid trilobite (YELL-165706 and YELL-165715) casts. As an organism becomes buried in sediment, its body decays, leaves an open space in the shape of the animal and then gets filled in with sediment creating an external cast of the organism. If an open space or cavity remains after the animal is buried and becomes fossilized, then it is referred to as a mold. Collecting any natural resources, including rocks and fossils, is illegal in Yellowstone.
Size: 1929px × 1036px
Photo credit: © Natural History Library / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: america, american, conservation, country, fossils, history, land, lands, national, natural, nature, np, park, parks, preserve, public, service, trilobites, usa, widlife, wilderness, yellowstone
