1. Produced 300 million years ago when an ancient sea covered this area, the limestone is formed from the compressed fossilised remains of sea creatures.
2. In 2007 a historic discovery of the fossilised remains of the'first european'human was made at the site.
adj
1. set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
e.g. obsolete fossilized ways
an ossified bureaucratic system
Synonym: fossilized ossified