Question

What is a direct fossil?

Answer 1

I really don't know, sorry, but here's a site that might, and what it says:

"The true fossils or the direct fossils are the original organism trapped within in ice, tar or tree sap preserved for centuries by nature.

These organisms are the most helpful fossils in determining the organisms of the past and the conditions they lived in.

The direct fossils are not the part of the body of the organism but are the body of the organism preserved as whole. "

- http://hassam.hubpages.com/hub/Types-Of-Fossils