References

• https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191106112109.htm
• News article summarizing “flash fossilization” (bacteria replacing organic matter, then fossilizing) 
• Microbes can play a large role in fossilization! We weren’t able to get to it in this episode, but further reading if you’re interested
• A good overview of the diagenesis process
• Geology lab notes from a first-year university course which are more about marine life, but give a good overview of fossils caused by alteration.
• Just another nice overview of fossilization
• Scholarly article on Eric, the opalized pliosaur
• An Iguanodon specimen where the entire holotype is opalized
• Cast fossils
• Formal description of Kosmoceratops
• Information on Umoonasaurus

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