AS FOSSILS ARE BURIED AND PETRIFIED REMAINS OF ANIMALS, PLANTS, BACTERIA AND FUNGUS - MARINE FOSSILS ARE ANIMALS THAT LIVED AND DIED IN THE OCEAN OR SHALLOW WATER.

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THEIR BODIES ARE PRESERVED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE - THEN EXISTING - PART OF THE OCEAN.

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MOST COMMON MARINE FOSSILS ARE FISH, SEA STARS BUR ALSO REMAINS OF SHARKS, ESPECIALLY THE MEGALODON. THE BIGGEST SHARK EVER LIVED ON EARTH.

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