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because they are found by waters edge

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Q: Why are so many creatures with shells found as fossils?
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How come do animals with bones or shells can be found many years?

two things- fossilization where they are fossilized for millions of years and bones don't rot.


What sedimentary rock is made underwater from shells of animals?

limestone is made underwater from the shells of animals. We know this because limestone also contains many fossils.


What kingdom is fossils?

Fossils can be any Kingdom. We have found fossils of plants, worms, animals plus many others.


How many dinosaur fossils were found in America?

Many famous fossils were found in the USA, including Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus, Albertosaurus, Diplodocus, Dinonicus, and Maiasaura.


Creature that has shell?

Many molluscs, such as snails, and also creatures like turtles and tortoises have shells.


What are fossils commonly found in?

Fossils are the remains of an animal that have been preserved in rock. This process is called fossilization. They are commonly found all over the world, but many fossils are found where ancient seas that have dried up, like the Badlands. Other fossils are found where an animal died and was eventually buried under fossilized dirt, mud, or even sand. any creature with an exoskeleton or endoskeleton can be fossilized. But most creatures in the Precambrian and Archean Periods were not fossilized because of their lack of a skeleton. Jellyfish will also just dissolve when dead.


What sedimentary rock is made underwater from the shells of animals?

limestone is made underwater from the shells of animals. We know this because limestone also contains many fossils.


How many complete dinosaur fossils have been found?

i heard on TV about over 50,000 fossils have benn found in one year


How many fossils can be found per strata?

Acording to Lineux's theroy its only 5.7 fossils.


How many dinosaur fossils were found in the US?

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How many sea shells did sally find?

Sally found 109381 sea shells on the sea shore.


What are some problems of Uniformitarianism?

1) Fossil graveyards are a problem because they assume that creatures are fossilized one at a time by accident. 2) The idea of using index fossils to order sedimentary strata is called into question by the many creatures we once thought were extinct but we know are not. 3) Paraconformities are a problem because there is no evidence of them but uniformitarians believe they must exist because of the fossils found in the geological formation. 4)