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- The animal dies.
- The soft flesh parts rot away.
- The remaining bones and teeth are eventually covered with sediment through season after season of rainfall.
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- The bones and teeth, surrounded with minerals are carried by mud, begin to form stone.
- The new rocks, containing the bone and teeth fossils, must now be worked up to a dry surface so they can dry out and be discovered.
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