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No. The organic material has gradually been replaced over millions of years, so that fossils are basically stone.

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Q: Are fossils found in tar pits actual bones?
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Are there mammoth bones on earth?

Yes, there are mammoth bones on earth. Both fossils of mammoth bones and actual bones have been found. Notably some frozen carcasses of woolly mammoths have been found in both Siberia and Alaska (mostly Siberia) which, of course, includes the bones within the carcasses. Mammoth bones have also been extracted from the La Brea Tar Pits.


What are fossils remains?

It usually means that there is more than just bones or imprints but maybe the actual thing such as freezing , encasement ,ect.


What are asphalt fossils?

Tar is known as Asphalt fossils. Asphalt preserve only hard parts of organisms such as teeth, bones and the outer shells of spiecies. Countless numbers of these fossils are preserved in tar pits.


The fossils of animals found in the La Brea tar pits are examples of what kind of fossil?

pertrified fossil.


Are mammoth fossils found near the equator?

Scientists have found many fossils of mammoths. For example, mammoth bones are quite common in the La Brea Tar Pits, in southern California. Many woolly mammoth carcasses have been found that were exquisitely preserved because they have been frozen ever since they died.


Do tar pits contain fossils?

some do


Fossils preserved in ice or snow?

Fossils that have been preserved in ice or snow are known as frozen fossils. Generally, frozen fossils are associated with plants and animals that lived during the Ice Age.


Tar pits are also known to harbor?

whichof the following statements is true? a)Insect fossils often consist of insects trapped in amber b)The kind of rock in which we find fossils is sedimentary rock c)In 1999, a woolly mammoth fossil was found but biologists were unable to perform many studies on it d)Tar pits are known to never harbor fossils


What is being studied at la brea tar pits?

Dinosaur fossils.


What did scientists find in the La Brea tar pits?

The La Brea tar pits are a rich fossil bed. In them, scientists found many fossils of animals, plants, and other life, as well as a natural source of methane gas.


Why did sabor toothed tigers have black teeth?

Saber toothed cats did not have black teeth. Many saber toothed cat fossils come from the La Brea Tar Pits, where the teeth and bones were preserved. The asphalt that preserved the bones, though, also stained them.


What actors and actresses appeared in Ice Age Fossils of the La Brea Tar Pits - 2004?

The cast of Ice Age Fossils of the La Brea Tar Pits - 2004 includes: Christian Leffler as Host