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cast fossil (Noun). A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions; minerals gradually enter into the cavity, resulting in a cast, also called a mold fossil, which is in the general form of the original organism.
Trace fossils âº Trace fossils are signs (traces) left by an animal or plant during its life, such as fossilized footprints. Trace fossils âº Fossil folklore. Fossils do not look like normal pieces of rock. For thousands of years, people did not understand what they really were, so they came up with folk tales to explain them.