fossil
Bioerosion – Erosion of hard substrates by living organisms Endolith – Organism living inside a rock List of fossil parks
Living fossil – Organism resembling a form long shown in the fossil record Paleobotany – Study of organic evolution of plants based on fossils Schultz's rule – Relationship between tooth wear and lifespan of fossil organisms Signor–Lipps effect – Sampling bias in the fossil record raising difficulties to characterize extinctions