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Descriptor English: Fossils
Descriptor Spanish: Fósiles
Descriptor fósiles
Scope note: Restos, impresiones o trazas de animales o plantas de tiempos geológicos remotos, que se han mantenido preservados en la corteza terrestre.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fósseis
Descriptor French: Fossiles
Entry term(s): Fossil
Tree number(s): I01.076.368.584.311
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005580
Scope note: Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
Allowable Qualifiers: AH anatomy & histology
DG diagnostic imaging
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PS parasitology
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under PALEONTOLOGY 1975-90
Online Note: search PALEONTOLOGY 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under PALEONTOLOGY 1975-90
DeCS ID: 5714
Unique ID: D005580
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/01
Fossils - Preferred
Concept UI M0008784
Scope note Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preserved in the earth's crust.
Preferred term Fossils
Entry term(s) Fossil



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