The fossils had been chipped out of the rock.
那些化石已从岩石上被凿了下来。
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 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。
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。
The fossils look like dolphins and they surely lived like dolphins, in the water.
这些化石看起来像海豚，它们肯定像海豚一样在水中生活。
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。
They say the fossils have been moved from their original resting places and redeposited in younger sediments.
他们说，这些化石已经从原来的安息地转移到更年轻的沉积物中。
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。
By following the fossils, Smith was able to put all the strata of England's earth into relative temporal sequence.
通过研究这些化石，史密斯能够把英国土地所有的地层按相对的时间顺序排列起来。
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。
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。
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。
He received rudimentary village schooling, but mostly he roamed his uncle's farm collecting the fossils that were so abundant in the rocks of the Cotswold hills.
他只在乡村学校接受了最基本的教育，但大部分时间都在叔叔的农场里游荡，收集科茨沃尔德丘陵中充裕的化石。
Unearthed in China, fossils of feathered dinosaurs offer the most dramatic evidence yet discovered of the close evolutionary relationship between dinosaurs and birds.
在中国出土的有羽毛的恐龙化石为恐龙和鸟类之间的密切进化关系提供了迄今为止最引人注目的证据。
Particularly, in the younger strata the rocks were often so similar that he had trouble distinguishing the strata, but he never had trouble telling the fossils apart.
特别是，较年轻的地层中的岩石常常很相似，这使得他很难分辨那些地层，但他从来都能轻松区分出不同的化石。
Now, in a grassland of Lake Ecosystem, we'd expect to find fossils from a variety of animals, and numerous fossils have been found at least at these particular sites.
现在，在湖泊生态系统的草原上，我们可以预料能找到各种动物的化石，至少在这些特定地点已经发现了大量的化石。
He later worked on similar jobs across the length and breadth of England, all the while studying the newly revealed strata and collecting all the fossils he could find.
后来，他继续从事相似的工作，足迹遍布整个英国；与此同时，他不断研究那些新近露出的地层，并且收集所有能找到的化石。
He later worked on similar jobs across the length and breadth of England, all the while studying the newly revealed strata and collecting all the fossils he could find.
后来，他继续从事相似的工作，足迹遍布整个英国；与此同时，他不断研究那些新近露出的地层，并且收集所有能找到的化石。
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