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Is thin cavity in a rock showing where a shell had decayed a fossil?
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Not necessarily. It may be just a fracture.
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Is a thin cavity in a rock showing where a shell has decayed a fossil?
This is called a mold, a mold is when a fossil has a cavity in a rock, it turns into a fossil when it becomes a cast, so technically yes it is a fossil
What are the conditions needed for rocks to have fossils?
A rock isn't what is needed to make a fossil, dirt covers over a decayed animal or shell and eventually takes the shape of the bones and makes a fossil.
What is a shell shaped mineral found in a rock cavity?
A cast
If in the Grand Canyon walls if a fossil imprint of a leaf is lower than a shell fossil does that mean that the leaf fossil is older than the shell fossil?
The strata or rock layers of the grand canyon walls are undisturbed. As such, a layer of rock containing a fossil, that is below an overlying rock layer will be older.
Is shell shaped mineral found in rock cavity fossils?
yes
Is a thin cavity in a rock showing where a shell has decayed a fossil?
This is called a mold, a mold is when a fossil has a cavity in a rock, it turns into a fossil when it becomes a cast, so technically yes it is a fossil
What are the conditions needed for rocks to have fossils?
A rock isn't what is needed to make a fossil, dirt covers over a decayed animal or shell and eventually takes the shape of the bones and makes a fossil.
Is a fossil a mineralized shell?
Yes it is.
This fossil shell has symmetrical valves?
brachiopod
What is a shell shaped mineral found in a rock cavity?
A cast
If in the Grand Canyon walls if a fossil imprint of a leaf is lower than a shell fossil does that mean that the leaf fossil is older than the shell fossil?
The strata or rock layers of the grand canyon walls are undisturbed. As such, a layer of rock containing a fossil, that is below an overlying rock layer will be older.
What environment would the shell of an organism most likely be preserved as a fossil?
A hard shell organism have more of a chance to become a fossil .
Is shell shaped mineral found in rock cavity fossils?
yes
What does carracosta evolve from?
cover fossil (or japanese translation shell fossil) then tirtouga (level 37) carracosta.
What type of fossil is an ancient animals home?
When an ancient animal for example Tortoise or snail die in its shell....years later another tortoise or snail can fit itself in the fossil shell.
What is the verb form of fossil?
Fossilize The dinosaur was fossilized The snail shell will be fossilized if it is not disturbed.
Is kabuto the helix or dome fossil?
Kabuto is the Dome Fossil, and Omanyte is the Helix Fossil. An easy way to remember is that a helix is a spiral, and hermit crabs, such as Omanyte, have a spiral shell.
