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A Paleontogist studies ancient life which would also include both animals and plants.
A Paleobotonist is someone that specialises in the study fossil plants.
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∙ 15y agoIt is possible for anybody to find a fossil (there may however be local laws which control if you can collect or remove the fossil from the ground).
Fossils are formally identified by specialist Geologists called Paleontologists (there are Paleontologists specializing in the various types of fossil organisms). As with modern animals the first of each type of fossil species identified/described (called the type specimen) is placed in a reference museum so that other fossils found can be compared with it.
Once fossils have been identified and described some paleontologists publish books on the various types of fossils to be found and using these books it is possible for amateur fossil hunters to use them to identify some fossils.
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What type of scientist finds fossils?
Phelotic ppl
A scientist identifies a variety of fossils in a layer of sedimentary rock By applying the principle of fossil succession the scientist can identify?
The age of the rock layer
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 fossils feel like?
Fossils have layer upon layer of hardened tissue. Therefore they are quite rough in texture where the insides are more malleable. Depending on what the fossil is of some fossils give off a sour aroma. Most of the time animal fossils deteriate at a faster rate than fossils of humans or shells. Fossils are a unique study and I you study them further.
Why do people want to know about fossils?
People want to know about fossils because fossils are history and tell us about history, and a lot of people find history fascinating.
Who finds dinosaurs fossils?
Most often it is a paleontologist who finds dinosaur fossils. However, anyone can find one.
What type of scientist finds fossils?
Phelotic ppl
What environments can fossils be found in?
Fossils can be found in all types of environments, though most of the recent finds were in deserts.
Which fossils finds regularly made on jabel hafeet?
justin bieber
A scentist finds a rock with fossils at two different levels what she might conclude that the fossils on the bottom are older than the fossils at the top?
The fossil on the bottom would be older because as time goes on rock builds up and buries fossils so the higher it is the more recent it is.
Do prehistoric fossils have teeth?
Some, yes. Depends on how well in tact it stays until the searcher finds it.
Is Mary White a scientist?
Dr. Mary White is a Paleobotanist and scientist. She studies plant remains and identifies the fossils. She is currently living in Australia.
A scientist identifies a variety of fossils in a layer of sedimentary rock By applying the principle of fossil succession the scientist can identify?
The age of the rock layer
Why were the fossils of Mesosaurus and Glossopteris important finds?
because it is one of the facts that prove the theries of continental drift and Pangaea
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.
Why are index fossils so important to geologists?
Index fossils are very important to geologists because they identify geological time periods. Index fossils are found within a specific layer of rock- So when one finds the age of the rock layer, that is also the age of the index fossil.
Answers to glencoe mcgraw hill life science book?
oan needs to classify a substance. Through experimentation, she finds that the material is lustrous, malleable, and conducts electricity. Joan therefore identifies the substance as a A gas B ceramic C metal D solid
