化石的

The fossil snake bones were found in an open-pit coal mine , along with its prey, which included turtles and crocodiles.

蛇的骨骼化石在一个露天煤矿里被发现，一起发现的有它捕食的动物，包括海龟和鳄鱼。

That is because the Oregonian coprolites contain DNA that has characteristics which match that of living Amerindians.

证据是，从俄勒冈州的粪化石中提取的DNA与现代美洲印第安人是匹配的。

A dramatic specimen of the small ornithischian dinosaur Psittacosaurus sp.

的一个非常引人注目的化石标本，为我们提供了更多、更可靠的证据。

Kuqa Thousand-Buddha Grottoes in Dunhuang and the blacksmith's groove Tertiary Paleocene formation discovered in Central Populus fossil, Suanqi Lai has at least 6,500 years of history.

在库车千佛洞和敦煌铁匠沟的第三纪古新世地层中部发现了胡杨的化石，算起来至少也有6500万年的历史了。

According to ornithology experts, fossils formed in the Paleocene Epoch depict a bird species that had a curved underside.

据鸟类专家研究，古新世(地质年代，距今6500万年～距今5300万年，译者注)形成的化石描述一种具有弯曲下面（根据后面内容，可能指鸟的足，译者注）的鸟类。

West of Liaoning Province is infrequent treasury of the paleontological fossils in the world.

辽宁西部是世界罕见的古生物化石宝库，近年来由于发现了大量古鸟类、带毛的恐龙、两栖类、最早的被子植物，如"中华龙鸟"、"孔子鸟"、"辽宁古果"而在全世界引起轰动。

Paleontology the study of extinct organisms, including their fossil remains , and impressions left by them.

古生物学：指对已经灭绝生物进行研究的学科，包括研究它们的化石残骸以及留下的痕迹。

The fossil was found on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic, bolstering the notion that the far north was an early center of pinniped evolution, she said.

她说，这块化石是在加拿大北极地区Devon岛被发现的，进一步巩固了鳍足动物进化的早期中心区是位于远北的想法。

Plesiosaur expert Richard Forrest, affiliated with the New Walk Museum in Leicester, England, said pliosaur skeletons are extremely rare.

蛇颈龙专家Richard Forrest，就职于英格兰的莱斯特 New Walk博物馆，说这具上龙的化石非常的珍贵。

As I argued in a previous column ("Welcome to a world of runaway energy demand", November 14, 2007), fossilised sunlight and ideas have been the twin drivers of the world economy.

正如我在以前一篇专栏（《谁能喂饱能源饥渴的中国？》(Welcome to a world of runaway energy demand)，2007年11月16日）中提出的，化石燃料和创意是世界经济的一对驱动力。

But we don't care about Battlegrounds.

但我们并不在乎沙场中的显露。

Ah! don't mention it, the butcher's shop is a horror.

啊！不用提了。提到肉，真是糟透了。