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You can tell this tooth is from a carnivore(meat eating dinosaur). If the tooth was very long, it could possibly be from a large carnivore, like Spinosaurus, T-rex,Gigantosaurus,etc. -dino-b, the dinosaur loving expert
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∙ 10y agoThe teeth and jaws of a dinosaur are the most telling parts in regards to diet. The claws come in second, because, if the head is missing, sharp claws probably mean it's a carnivore, and blunt claws are more likely to belong to an herbivore.
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What can fossils tell scientist?
I think that fossils tell scientists what the animal was doing, what it was eating, and, how it moves.
What do fossils tell us about the prehistoric environment?
Big dinosaurs
What do we call the scientist who studies all types of fossils?
Scientists who study fossils are known as paleontologists.Scientists who study fossils are known as paleontologists. A paleontologist who studies dinosaurs may be a vertebrate paleontologist or a macro paleontologist.
What does it tell scientists if they find marine life fossils in an area where there is not any water?
It would tell anyone that the rocks which contain the fossils were marine sediments deposited in a sea or ocean below sea level.
What do fossils tell scientists about living things?
Fossils reveal what organisms lived before us.
How do palaeontologist use fossils to tell us about how dinosaurs live?
They dont. No one knows how dinosaurs live. It is all made up depending on their size and other things.
How do scientists date fossils and artifacts?
Dating fossils and artifacts are easy. Scientist can look and tell how old the fossils by how many layers is under it.
What are facts about paleontology?
Paleontology is scientists working with fossils. they dig up the fossils and research them. Fossils are making some scientists believe that evolution is true. Some fossils look very similar and it takes a trained eye to tell the difference between them. Sometimes when a paleontologist finds a fossil they can tell the approximiate size, weight and details if the creature would be alive.
What do scientists use to mark boundaries in the geologic time scale?
I'm thinking it's index fossils because index fossils tell when or how old the layer it was found in. If that's what your asking.
How would you know if dinosaurs existed if you did not have fossils?
you wouldn't! no body knew about them until people starting finding mysteriously large bones all around the world and finally scientists figured it out. you wouldn't there would no for sure way and even the fossils could be another species than what we thought. No one can really be able to tell what happened years ago even with fossils. There is stil no for certain way.
Why did it take scientists so long to identify dinosaurs?
I'm not quite sure, but my guess is that because some fossils or bones were broken or in the shape of an animal or something, they couldn't tell with the naked eye. It also took years for them to view the cells or anything that might give them clues with microscopes.
Dinosaurs of Europe?
Its hard to tell cause all the contenents were joined together but these fossils of these dinosaurs have been found in eroupe: * Tyrannosaurus rex * Ankylosaurus * Dimetreodon * Triceratops * Iguanadon * Oviraptor These were only a few but there were lots other.
