Sentence examples for rarely preserved from inspiring English sources

Camouflage is a soft-tissue feature that is rarely preserved in the fossil record, but rare fossilised skin samples from the Cretaceous period show that some marine reptiles were countershaded.

Parish registers began in England in 1538, though they are rarely preserved from that date.

Although it was rarely preserved, there existed a noncalcareous benthic flora that also was dominated by blue-green algae.

Impressions of internal organs are rarely preserved, but, increasingly, records of filaments and feathers have been found on some dinosaurs.

A newly described machaeridian fossil from Morocco was found with rarely preserved soft parts, including parapodia and chaetae.

However, here I want to focus on the actual feathers themselves – they are rarely preserved and so are the most interesting of the available data.

Ancient deserts completely developed under hyper-arid climatic conditions rarely preserve trace fossils due to the absence of moisture near the surface.

All human groups as well as many other primate populations, such as chimpanzees, use tools composed of organic materials such as wood that rarely preserve more than a few years (McGrew 1992), unlike stone, which is a very durable material.

But skin impressions rarely preserve well around the skull, Bell said.

"Despite what you see on shows like 'CSI,' skeletons only rarely preserve evidence of death," he said.

While cuticular structures are typically poorly preserved, the parapodia rarely preserve short cirriform projections that are likely dorsal and ventral cirri (Fig.  3c and f ).