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Macrofossil
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<p>Macrofossils, also known as megafossils, are the preserved remnants of <a href="/facts/Life/DNw7NUId">organic</a> beings and their activities that are large enough to be visible without a <a href="/facts/Microscope/ldJp0CI3">microscope</a>. The term <i>macrofossil</i> stands in opposition to the term <a href="/facts/Microfossil/PfE0lu1n">microfossil</a>. Microfossils, by contrast, require substantial magnification for evaluation by <a href="/facts/Fossil/by7NzIA1">fossil</a>-hunters or professional <a href="/facts/Paleontology/60n5yldd">paleontologists</a>. As a result, most fossils observed in the <a href="/facts/Field_research/w66x8LQq">field</a> and most specimens are macrofossils. Macrofossils come in many varieties and form in various ways depending on their environment and what is being fossilized including plant, fungi and animal remnants. </p>