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Q: Why are the meekoceras fossils one of the youngest fossils?
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Why are meekoceras considered the youngest fossil?

i think it is considered the youngest it came after the crinoid stem and than the spirifer fossil also the neospirifer fossil than the acanthoscaphites fossil with meekoceras fossels


Why are the meekocera fossil's the youngest?

i think it is considered the youngest it came after the crinoid stem and than the spirifer fossil also the neospirifer fossil than the acanthoscaphites fossil with meekoceras fossels


Where are the youngest fossils found?

The youngest cells are found in the stratum basale. This is the deepest layer of the epidermis which is the outer layer the skin.


Where did the Meekoceras live?

They lived in Idaho, U.S.A.


Dating technique involving compraring fossils in rock layers?

Relative dating-comparing fossils related to how old other fossils are in the same sample of rock. If the rock has been undisturbed, the oldest rock will be at the bottom, therefore, the oldest fossils will also be at the bottom. the youngest rock will be at the top, therefore, the youngest fossils will be at the top. Absolute Dating-When you can figure out through testing the exact age of the fossil


Where can you find the youngest fossils?

You can find the youngest layer in the top layer because in the bottom layer, all you see is bones from the 200 B.C or from the dinosaur time.


How many years ago was the meekoceras alive?

270 million years ago


Are insects the youngest fossil?

No, some insect fossils are incredibly ancient. Insects predate all land vertebrates.


Who is the youngest paleontologist in the world?

It is Riffin T. Sajeev from India. He started collecting fossils at the age of seven. He studied the paleoenvironment of cretaceous Trichy, India from various samples of Rastellum Species fossils.


Fossils found in younger rocks?

The youngest rocks would be igneous, those created by cooling magma. Impossible to find a fossil there.


Which new york state fossil is found in rock of the same period of geologic history as Meekoceras?

Coelophysis


What are Meekoceras?

a type of fossil that lived in the western part of United States about 270 million years ago.