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Jellies have no bones. When they die, they just dissolve.
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Which is most likely to fossilize a cla or a jellyfish?
A clam.
What would most likely leave fossil remains a jellyfish a fox or a moth?
A clam is more likely to fossilize than a jellyfish.
Which is the most likely to fossilize a clam or jellyfish?
A clam is more likely. Jellies have no bones.
Why is a clam most likely to fossilize?
Clam shells are quite durable.
Why doesnt everything fossilize?
Not everything will fossilize because not everything is under the right environment to do so. Animals must die in a wet place in order to fossilize.
Why is a clam more likely to fossilize more than a jellyfishanswers.com?
Because it is more resistant to biological and environmental destruction.
Jellyfish have rarely been fossilized because they -?
They do not have any bones. No bones means there is nothing to fossilize.
Why is a jellyfish not a good organism for becoming a fossils?
because they don't have any bones or solid structures to fossilize
How is a a jellyfish classified after a an invertebrate?
since a jellyfish has a structer that doesnt involve bones of a vertabra it falls in the classification of an invertabrate.
Does sandy live in jellyfish fields?
No Sandy doesnt, Sandy lives in a dome. not anywhere near jellyfish or grass.
Why wouldn't a jellyfish form a fossil?
Jelly fish don't have bones or teeth which are typically what fossilizes. Jellyfish are mostly water so they decompose extremely easily. Its like trying to fossilize soggy jello. They live in open oceans so its difficult for a jellyfish to become fossilized when there isn't a whole lot of soil around.
Can a jellyfish fossilize?
Only under unusually specific conditions would a soft-bodied creature such as a jellyfish be capable of making a fossil. If deposited in an extremely fine suspension of mud, and presuming that there were no scavenging organisms present. Such fossils are known, and you'll find some data in wikipedia under Ediacaran.
