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jellyfixh t1_j29kaaw wrote

Fossilization is strictly the process where minerals have replaced tissue and bone, so as long as mineralization doesn’t happen you could have a bone as old as you want. It’s just hard to find them in nature because bone and tissue decays unlike minerals unless something like amber is involved.

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Worthyteach OP t1_j2agghn wrote

I was wondering if the situation which would naturally preserve bones would end up causing fossilisation so if there is a limit in nature. Hadn’t thought of the amber angle, So potentially the tail of the dinosaur that was preserved in amber might still be bone?

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