Ichthyosaurs had a higher chance of being preserved than did terrestrial creatures because, as Marine animals, they tended to live in environments less subject to erosion.

鱼龙比起陆地的动物有更大的几率被保存下来，因为它们作为海洋动物常生活在腐蚀性较小的环境中。

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Vegetation is an indispensable part of terrestrial ecosystem, and the increase of vegetation coverage could effectively slow down the occurrence of soil erosion.

植被是陆地生态系统中不可缺少的一部分，植被覆盖度的增加能够有效减缓土壤侵蚀的发生。

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Gibeon meteorites that fell in Namibia thousands of years ago are smoother, refined by millennia of terrestrial erosion and often enhanced with a deep brown patina.

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