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Coprolites are the name given to fossilized dung. From this it is possible to determine the nature of the plant etc, that the animal was feeding on.
There are technical distinctions made based upon the degree of fossilization of the material.
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∙ 11y agousually the teeth, both by looking at how the teeth initially looked, as they would be designed for chewing food from the given dinosaur's favorate food source.
Scientist would also look at the wear and tear of the teeth, because different food wear the teeth out in a different way.
True enough. Another, somewhat more uncertain way, is to note the coprolites (fossilized dung) and break it up for analysis. Chemical analysis is useless of course because such fossils are no longer organic in nature, but one can often see what was excreted and estimate what was ingested. And of course, there is the disadvantage of not being sure what animal deposited the fossil. However, if one finds piles of coprolites amidst large numbers of bones of a single dinosaurian species, it's a pretty fair guess that the dung was deposited by them
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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.
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.
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 are fossils important to scientist?
They tell us about past environments and may be used to date rocks on a relative time scale.
How are fossils used in the earth's surface?
they are in many ways like for fossil fuel and to help scientist tell the past and what happened to that species
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Yo have to get a fossil then you take it to the museum in Pewter City and there should be a scientist on the right who will tell you if you have any fossils.
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Why are fossils important in understanding dinosaurs today?
Through finding dinosaur fossils we can determine what they looked like and how they lived. It is important because we can they estimate how they lived and their features, it might also tell us what the world used to be like, by some of their characteristics.
What can fossils tell us about the future?
Fossils can tell us the climate and change in the future....
How the fossils can give us information about their specie?
the fossils can tell you their environment by where they are at and can tell you their physical features by how its shaped
