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When did mammals first appear on earth by paleontologists?
Mammals first appear in the fossil record of the Mesozoic Era.
Why is it impossible for a cat fossil to be found in the same sedimentary rock layer as a dinosaur fossil?
Because the layer dinosaur fossils are located are from time period and the fact there were no mammals (cat like) on that time, makes it impossible for cats to be found on that layer. Actually the first mammals appear in the fossil record about the same time as the first dinosaurs, but until at the time the dinosaurs died out (65 million years ago) no mammal was quite as large as the modern cat (most were the size of rats or smaller). The first cats (and "dogs") did not appear until about 50 million years ago.
What are some examples of Fossil Record?
One example of a fossil record is an ammonite. These fossils often show signs of damage like teeth marks that can be used to determine old predators on the sea floor. Another is an fossil depicting early man, which can be used to see how humans have evolved physically and mentally.
What main characteristic distinguishes the fossil record of the Paleozoic Era from that of the Precambrian Era?
In the beginning of the Paleozoic Era, animals began to develop hard parts like shells and bones.
What is more often found - a cast fossil or a mold fossil?
yes it does when the fossil goes into the ground, but not always like when it rains the fossil does not go in the ground fully.
When did mammals first appear on earth by paleontologists?
Mammals first appear in the fossil record of the Mesozoic Era.
Why is it impossible for a cat fossil to be found in the same sedimentary rock layer as a dinosaur fossil?
Because the layer dinosaur fossils are located are from time period and the fact there were no mammals (cat like) on that time, makes it impossible for cats to be found on that layer. Actually the first mammals appear in the fossil record about the same time as the first dinosaurs, but until at the time the dinosaurs died out (65 million years ago) no mammal was quite as large as the modern cat (most were the size of rats or smaller). The first cats (and "dogs") did not appear until about 50 million years ago.
How do plaints and animals fossil record change?
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Do fossil records help to date fossils?
Fossil records contain radiation, and the older the fossil is, the less radiation it gives off. Scientists study how much radiation is in the fossil record, and they find out how old the earth is.
What did the first mammals look like?
Little rodents.
How long ago did multicellular life forms appear in the fossil record?
According to the fossil record, multicellular life forms first appeared about 570 million years ago. This means multicellular organisms appeared almost 3 billion years after the first evidence of life.
What was the first mammel?
In evolution there is no thin line where mammals all of sudden exist. Rather characteristics accumulate until the creature is marginally more mammal than anything else.The first mammals appeared in theLate Triassicepoch (about 210 million years ago) . Even then they were monotremes like the platypus which laid eggs and did not nurse their young, unlike mostmost modern placental mammals.
What has the author Robert Broom written?
Robert Broom has written: 'The mammal-like reptiles of South Africa and the origin of mammals' 'The South African fossil ape-men'
What were the earliest mammals?
The earliest mammals in the fossil record coexisted with some of the dinosaurs. The first ones were probably tiny shrew-like animals that we believe evolved from therapsids. Therapsids means "mammal-like dinosaurs" - what a surprise. Keep in mind that paleontologists have a hard time distinguishing between the last, highly evolved therapsids and the first, newly evolved mammals. Deciding which animals were the first mammals actually depends a bit on the taxonomy used; different scientists define the crown group mammalia slightly differently resulting in differences about whether the group starts only from the Jurassic period forward or whether we include some animals found as far back as the Triassic period. T. S. Kemp defined mammals as: "synapsids that possess a dentary-squamosaljaw articulation and occlusionbetween upper and lower molars with a transverse component to the movement" The earliest known synapsid satisfying Kemp's definitions is Tikitherium, (which is pretty much only known from a fossil tooth) dated 225 million years ago - which would put it in the Late Triassic. Timothy Rowe defined mammals as consisting of the most recent common ancestor of living monotremes(echidnas and platypuses) and therianmammals (marsupials and placentals) and all descendants of that ancestor. By this definition, The oldest known fossil is the small shrewlike Juramaia sinensis, or "Jurassic mother from China", dated to 160 million years ago in the late Jurassic.
What kind of mammals were on earth during dinosaur ages?
During the end of the Triassic period, the first mammals evolved from therapsids, or mammal like reptiles. Some of these mammals were the Purgatorius, a tiny rodent like creature, and the Castorocauda, which had beaver like characteristics.
How many years was the earth here before god created Adam?
The rational evidence (the fossil record) is that man evolved from ape like ancestors and was not created as told in the bible stories. If you choose to believe in the story of Genesis, then you do not need to ask a question here. However, if you accept the provable evidence "Homo Sapiens", ie anatomically modern humans, first appear in the fossil record in Africa about 195,000 years ago.
What are fossil fuels and which one will run out first?
Fossil fuels are organic materials used for burning to produce energy. It is false that oil is the fossil fuel that will run out first. It is believed that coal will be the first fossil fuel to run out.
