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MeSH Heading: Fossils
Tree Number(s): I01.076.368.584.311
Unique ID: D005580
RDF Unique Identifier: http://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.
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
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/01

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Fossils MeSH Descriptor Data 2025