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yes it can..also other fossils like brachiopods can too
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A fossil that is used to date surrounding rock layers is?
This is called an index fossil.
What is a fossil used to date surrounding rock layers called?
Index fossils.
What is the index fossil of the Cambrian?
Trilobite
What is an organism used to identify a specific geologic time period called?
It's called an index fossil.
What is the extinct marine organism that can be used to date rocks?
There are many, but the trilobite is considered an exceptional index fossil.
Is Fusus fossil gastropod?
yes
What fossil used to compare the relative ages of fossils?
An index fossil. An index fossil's age is known, allowing scientists to know the relative age of other fossils based on their position relative to the index fossil. (Ex. If a fossil is deeper in the earth, it is older than the index fossil)
Fossil used to compare the relative ages of fossils?
index fossils
A fossil that is used to date surrounding rock layers is?
This is called an index fossil.
A fossil with wide distribution which flourished during a specified era can be used as an?
index fossil
What has the author J Brookes Knight written?
J. Brookes Knight has written: 'Primitive fossil gastropods and their bearing on gastropod classification' -- subject(s): Fossil Gastropoda, Gastropoda 'Paleozoic gastropod genotypes' -- subject(s): Fossil Gastropoda 'Some new Cambrian bellerophont gastropods' -- subject(s): Fossil Gastropoda, Paleontology
What are the three criteria that must be met in order for a fossil to be considered an index fossil?
An index fossil is organisms that is a signature for certain geographical eras. Index fossils are a charting of time that is used to describe other organisms found in that time era. The fossils were found in the stones that are determinations by carbon indexing and therefore are index fossils.
What is a fossil used to date surrounding rock layers called?
Index fossils.
How are index fossils different from original fossil remains?
Index fossils are original fossil remains, just a specific subcategory of them. Index fossils are used by paleontologists to identify a particular period of time and often a subperiod of time - the specific fossil is chosen as an index fossil because it is very specific to a time period and allows the other fossils and remains around them to be identified to the same time period.
What is fossils organisms that lived a short period of time called?
They are called index fossils.
A fossil that is found in the rock layers of only one geologic age and that is used to establish the age of the rock layers?
An index fossil.
What must be true for a fossil organism to be useful as a index fossil?
The absolute age of the index fossil was determine by radioactive dating or another absolute method
