Oh, you mean this article where they state:
”We noticed that there had been very little degradation since it was originally fossilised about 18 million years ago, making it the highest quality soft tissue preservation ever documented in the fossil record.” Emphasis added
You know, where they state it was fossilized 18 million years ago?
And I'm the idiot? Methinks you're projecting. Best to go back and brush up on your reading comprehension...
Yes, you certainly are an idiot, for pressing your word parsing deception here.
Fossil simply means preserved ancient life, or evidence thereof. Quit trying to stretch things for your ignorant convenience.