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Why are animals with bones teeth and shells more likely to become fossils?
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∙ 11y ago
Aniamls with solid substances in their body can be easily preserved in the right conditions and dug up many years later like all the dinosaurs we've found, for example. However, animals like jellyfish that don't have bones in their body are more likely to be preserved like leaves, that are molded into the dirt.
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What types of fossils are most likely to be found?
fish fossils and little animal fossils and also shells
What types of rocks are fossils most likely to be found?
fish fossils and little animal fossils and also shells
How are the original remains of shells bones and teeth of animals and fish formed into fossils?
Mineralization occurs in the original remains, inside the shells bones and teeth, of animals and fish. This process turns remains into fossils.
How did fossils become fossils?
It is the skeleton of an animal or shells pushed under rock for thousands of years and then it is a fossil.
What sedimentary rock is made underwater from shells of animals?
limestone is made underwater from the shells of animals. We know this because limestone also contains many fossils.
What sedimentary rock is made underwater from the shells of animals?
limestone is made underwater from the shells of animals. We know this because limestone also contains many fossils.
What sedimentary rocks where formed from the remains of plants and animals burned as fuels?
shells, bones and fossils
Do all organisms become fossils?
No. The hard bones are more likely to form a fossil. The soft parts will degenerate over time. This is why most of the fossils from the Pre-Cambrian and Cambrian periods are mostly shells, not the actual animals that inhabited them.
What are marine fossils?
fossils are something like a plant or bone preserved in rock, then when the preserved thing finally decays there is an impression left in the rock. marine fossils are marine animals, plants, or shells (basically anything in the water, hence marine) that are now fossils.
Where are some fossils found?
Some fossils are found in the sedimentary rocks - along with shells and sediment.
When marine organisms die their shells eventually become what rock?
They can become sedimentary rock, most likely limestone.
How we know trilobites existed?
The fossils of their shells, etc.
