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What is a type of fossil that is used to help date layers of rock and or other fossils is known called as what?
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What is fossil form a specific time period?
Index fossils (also known as guide fossils, indicator fossils or zone fossils).
What fossil used to compare the relative ages of fossils?
An index fossil. An index fossil's age is known, allowing scientists to know the relative age of other fossils based on their position relative to the index fossil. (Ex. If a fossil is deeper in the earth, it is older than the index fossil)
Are fossil sponges one of the oldest known animal fossils?
yes
How can fossil correlation be used to determine the ages of rock layer?
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In Geological terms a footprint may be considered a?
A form of trace fossil. The study of trace fossils is known as paleoichnology. Trace fossils left as a result of movement (e.g. footprints) are known as Repichnia.Please see the related links.
What are preserved remains of a living thing called?
The preserved remains of an animal is known as a fossil.
Fossils would include skeletons shells seeds tracks all of these?
These are known as trace fossils. Trace fossils are more technically known as ichnofossils.Footprints are more correctly described as repichnia, burrows as domichnia and fossilised dung or dropings are known as coprolites.Please see the related links for more information.the answer is trace fossils.
What is fossil form a specific time period?
Index fossils (also known as guide fossils, indicator fossils or zone fossils).
Why are the soft parts of a plant or animal found in fossils?
Fossils are preserved traces of organisms from the past. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossil-containing rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils across geological time, how they were formed, and the evolutionary relationships between taxa (phylogeny) are some of the most important functions of the science of paleontology. Such a preserved specimen is called a "fossil" if it is older than some minimum age, most often the arbitrary date of 10,000 years ago.
What fossil used to compare the relative ages of fossils?
An index fossil. An index fossil's age is known, allowing scientists to know the relative age of other fossils based on their position relative to the index fossil. (Ex. If a fossil is deeper in the earth, it is older than the index fossil)
A footprint of an extinct dinosaur is an example of a fossil?
Yes, footprints that are preserved in rock, such as those of extinct dinosaurs, are fossils. Such fossils are known as ''trace fossils'' , as opposed to ''body fossils'' which are fossilized remnants of the hard parts of these ancient organisms.
Are fossil sponges one of the oldest known animal fossils?
yes
Will all of the Fossils be available in Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire?
No, not all fossils can be found in Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire however the fossils that can be found would include the Dome Fossil also known as the Kabuto fossil, Plume Fossil which is the Archen fossil and Armor Fossil which is also the Shieldon fossil can be found in Omega Ruby, the Skull Fossil also known as the Cranidos fossil and Cover Fossil (also known as the Tirtouga fossil) can be found in Alpha Sapphire while the Old Amber Fossil which is the Aerodactyl fossil can be found in both Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
How can fossil correlation be used to determine the ages of rock layer?
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Which of the following might describe why the fossil record for invertabrates is fragmentary?
There are many reasons for gaps within the fossil record: -The wearing down of rock and dirt (Also known as erosion) -Earthquakes and volcanos because they mess with the layers of rock -Many living things do not become fossils, leaving no fossils behind, in general. -Many environments on Earth are not good for making fossils. Therefore, you will not see many fosils from those environments.
How do you get both fossils in Pokemon Black?
The only way to get both Generation 5 fossils as in the Cover Fossil which is also the Tirtouga Fossil and the Plume Fossil, also known as the Archen Fossil, you will need to trade with another player in order to receive the other Fossil. Fossils in Pokémon Black can be attached to any Pokémon that you're trading.
In Geological terms a footprint may be considered a?
A form of trace fossil. The study of trace fossils is known as paleoichnology. Trace fossils left as a result of movement (e.g. footprints) are known as Repichnia.Please see the related links.
