Question 139184 • 2026-27 AL-Earth and Space Science
Soft tissues can be preserved when an organism is trapped in amber or kept frozen, which slows decay. Amber in Russia, frozen soil in the Arctic, and ice sheets in Greenland could therefore preserve an early mammal’s soft tissues. Shale and sandstone usually preserve fossilized hard parts, while foraminifera are tiny marine organisms, not a soft-tissue-preserving source here.
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