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Q: Why are fossils before the Cambrian period rare?
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Fossils of fungi are rare due to fungis?

Their composition of soft materials.


How are amber fossils the same from regular fossils?

the amber will envolve into a aratactol and the others r not realy that good but thetre rare hope that helps you


Why are fossils of age greater than 3000 million years so rare?

Early organisms lacked skeletons and other hard structures that are most likely to be fossilized.


What happens if you sell a fossil?

The majority of fossils are sufficiently common as to not require protection. But rare fossils or fossil locations may be of such scientific importance that they are protected by law. Naturally this situation varies from country to country. But before fossil hunting, check with some local authorities, such as a fossil club, or a museum, to find out if there are restrictions. The selling of fossils may be restricted for the above reasons. Fossil Ivory from the Mammoth tusks is legal trade today, but its provenance must be known. In New Zealand, there are fossil woods (kauri, totara) that are used in joinery trade.


Why do most animals become a fossil?

Most animals do not become fossils because the conditions for fossilization are rare. Fossilization typically occurs when an animal is quickly buried in sediment and undergoes a process called mineralization, where minerals replace the organic material. Many animals decay or are consumed by scavengers before this process can occur. Only a small fraction of all organisms that have lived on Earth are preserved as fossils.

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When did corals evolve?

Although corals first appeared in the Cambrian period, some 542 million years ago, fossils are extremely rare until the Ordovician period, 100 million years later, when rugose and tabulate corals became widespread.


Precambrian are fossils yes or no?

Precambrian is a geologic period that extends as back as 4.500 million years ago. Fossils are very rare from that period of time.


Why did the Ediacara fauna thrive during the Cambrian Period even though they were immobile?

They didn't thrive in the Cambrian, they are very rare and not necessarily the same biologically as the forms in the Precambrian. Soft bodied preservation in the Ediacaran style occurs throughout the Phanerozoic, but becomes increasingly rare after the Cambrian- perhaps due to disturbance of bedding surfaces by metazoans, but there are many other possibilities.


How are fossils rare in preCambrian rocks?

The Cambrian Era saw the arrival of species that had skeletons or at least carapaces. Prior to this, there were indeed soft-bodied animals such as worms and jellyfish, but these type of tissue do not preserve well, and in addition they are very prone to scavenging by bacteria and so on.


What is the code for rare fossils for DSI?

1dr51sgf61


Why aren't most of the found fossils complete organisms?

because fossils are rare to find and in complete form even more rare only 10% or less out of 100% fossils have been found on earth


Do you dig to find fossils on Pokemon sapphire?

Yes. I found 3completely rare fossils by digging.


Can a pregnancy happen a week before the period is due?

you really can get pregnant at any given time even if your on your period its rare but can happen...


Fossils of fungi are rare due to fungis?

Their composition of soft materials.


Which type of rock igneous or metamorphic contains fossils?

Though somewhat rare, either rock type could contain fossils.


Does lamprophyre form fossils?

A lamprophyre is a type of ultramafic intrusive igneous rock. It is very rare for fossils to be formed in igneous rocks (and they usually only form as mold fossils in extrusive deposits). As such fossils will not form in lamprophyres.


How are amber fossils the same from regular fossils?

the amber will envolve into a aratactol and the others r not realy that good but thetre rare hope that helps you